Post-Colonial Drama

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Post-Colonial Drama

Theory, Practice, Politics

Performance art Theatre studies Literary studies: postcolonial literature

Authors: Helen Gilbert, Joanne Tompkins

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Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 11th September 2002

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 2 Mb

ISBN: 9781134876990


Post-Colonial Drama is the first full-length study to address the ways in which performance has been instrumental in resisting the continuing effects of imperialism. It brings to bear the latest theoretical approaches from post-colonial and performance studies to a range of plays from Australia, Africa, Canada, New Zealand, the Caribbean and other former colonial regions. Some of the major topics discussed in Post-Colonial Drama include:

Topics Covered

  • the interactions of post-colonial and performance theories
  • the post-colonial re-stagings of language and history
  • the specific enactments of ritual and carnival
  • the theatrical citations of the post-colonial body

Post-Colonial Drama combines a rich intersection of theoretical approaches with close attention to a wide range of performance texts.

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