Routledge Handbook of African Theatre and Performance

Routledge Handbook of African Theatre and Performance - Routledge International Handbooks

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Publisher's Synopsis

The Routledge Handbook of African Theatre and Performance brings together the very latest international research on the performing arts across the continent and the diaspora into one expansive and wide-ranging collection.

The book offers readers a compelling journey through the different ideas, people and practices that have shaped African theatre and performance, from pre-colonial and colonial times, right through to the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Resolutely Pan-African and international in its coverage, the book draws on the expertise of a wide range of Africanist scholars and also showcases the voices of performers and theatre practitioners working on the cutting-edge of African theatre and performance practice. Contributors aim to answer some of the big questions about the content (nature, form) and context (processes, practice) of theatre, whilst also painting a pluralistic and complex picture of the diversity of cultural, political and artistic exigencies across the continent. Covering a broad range of themes including postcolonialism, transnationalism, interculturalism, Afropolitanism, development and the diaspora, the handbook concludes by projecting possible future directions for African theatre and performance as we continue to advance into the twenty-first century and beyond.

This ground-breaking new handbook will be essential reading for students and researchers studying theatre and performance practices across Africa and the diaspora.

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Routledge

Routledge

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Book information

ISBN: 9781032008400
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 792.096
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 470
Weight: -1g
Height: 246mm
Width: 174mm