Banham / Gibbs / Osofisan African Theatre 8: Diasporas

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-84615-687-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 8, 190 Seiten

Reihe: African Theatre

This volume in the African Theatre series celebrates the African theatrical diaspora from Brazil to Tasmania, and Canada to Cuba, and also includes the playscript Messing with the Mind by Egyptian writer and director Khaled El-Sawy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Banham, Martin

Gibbs, James

Osofisan, Femi

Okagbue, Osita

Matzke, Christine

Weitere Mitwirkende

Moynagh, Maureen

Irobi, Esiaba

Astles, Cariad

James, Conrad

Brancato, Sabrina

Brewster, Yvonne

Plastow, Jane

Baum, Rob

Anderson, Mary Elizabeth

Khedr, Mona

El-Sawy, Khaled

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Christine Matzke and Osita Okagbue
Performing Black Canadas: The Trans-American Imaginary of Black Canadian Theatre - Maureen Moynagh
The Theory of Ase: The Persistence of African Performance Aesthetics in the North American Diaspora - August Wilson, Ntozake Shange & Djanet Sears - Esiaba Irobi
African Presence in Cuban Theatre - Cariad Astles
Marginality, Sacrifice & Transgression: Mothers & Rebellious Women in Two Plays by Cuba's Eugenio Hernández Espinosa - Conrad James
Interculture on Stage: Afro-Italian Theatre - Sabrina Brancato
Black British Theatre in London 1972-1989: A Brief Overview - Yvonne Brewster
Talking about Something Dark: An Interview with Lemn Sissay - Jane Plastow
Jews, Blood & Ethiopian Dance in Israel: Critical Race Theory & the Postcolonial - Rob Baum
Nature in Migration & the 'Natural Migrant': Performing African Settlement in Tasmanian Community Arts - Mary Elizabeth Anderson
Translator's Introduction to Khaled El-Sawy's Messing with the Mind - Mona Khedr
Playscript: Messing with the Mind - Khaled El-Sawy
Book Reviews

Über Autor(innen)

Osofisan Femi:
Femi Osofisan is an internationally lauded playwright, scholar, poet, novelist, actor, director, songwriter, and activist and Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts at the University of Ibadan. Osofisan was awarded the Thalia Prize in 2016. He has published five novellas, six volumes of poetry, and more than 50 plays. Okagbue Osita:
OSITA OKAGBUE is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Drama, Goldsmiths, University of London.Matzke Christine:
CHRISTINE MATZKE, Lecturer in African Literatures and Cultures, Humboldt-University, Berlin.Plastow Jane:
Jane Plastow is Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds.