Decolonizing the stage : theatrical syncretism and post-colonial drama /

A study of post-colonial drama and theatre. It examines how dramatists from various societies have attempted to fuse the performance idioms of their traditions with the Western dramatic form, demonstrating how the dynamics of syncretic theatrical texts function in performance.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Balme, Christopher B.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Clarendon, 1999.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:A study of post-colonial drama and theatre. It examines how dramatists from various societies have attempted to fuse the performance idioms of their traditions with the Western dramatic form, demonstrating how the dynamics of syncretic theatrical texts function in performance.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191674266
0191674265
0198184441
9780198184447