New Francophone African and Caribbean theatres
By: John Conteh-Morgan with Dominic Thomas.
Contributors: Thomas, Dominic.
Series: African expressive cultures
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780253355133; 9780253222268
Subjects: African drama (French) -- History and criticism; Theater -- Africa, French-speaking Equatorial; Theater -- Africa, French-speaking West; Caribbean drama (French) -- History and criticism; Theater -- Caribbean, French-speaking
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : instrumentalizing performance and the Francophone postcolonial performative; title: Cultural trauma and ritual re-membering : Werewere Liking's Les mains veulent dire; title: The dramatist as epic performer : Eugène Dervain's Saran, ou la reine scélérate; title: The power and the pleasures of dramatized narrative : Bernard Zadi Zaourou's La guerre des femmes; title: Theatre as writing and voice : Patrick Chamoiseau's Manman dlo contre la fée carabosse; title: Tradition instrumentalized : Elie Stephenson's O mayouri; title: Militariat grotesqueries and tragic lament : Tchicaya u Tam'si's Le destin glorieux du maréchal nnikon nniku, prince qu'on sort and le bal de ndinga; title: From the grotesque to the fantastic : Sony Labou Tansi's Qui a mangé Madame d'Avoine Bergotha?; title: Exile and the failure of the nation; or, diasporic subjectivity from below : Simone Schwarz-Bart's Ton beau capitaine; title: Conclusion : Francophone theatres in the age of globalization.