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.
Subjects:	Drama > History and criticism. Theater > Developing countries. Literature and society > Developing countries. Postcolonialism in literature. Théâtre (Genre littéraire) > Histoire et critique. Postcolonialisme dans la littérature. Drama Literature and society Postcolonialism in literature Theater Developing countries Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Indigenous Theories of Syncretic Theatre
2. Ritual Frames and Liminal Dramaturgy
3. Language and the Post-Colonial Stage
4. Orality as Performance
5. Visualizing the Body
6. Dance and Body Language
7. Spaces and Spectators.