Archetypes Imprecators And Victims Of Fate
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Archetypes Imprecators And Victims Of Fate
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Author : Femi Euba
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1989-12-11
Archetypes Imprecators And Victims Of Fate written by Femi Euba and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-12-11 with Literary Criticism categories.
In searching for a definitive concept of black theatre, Euba delves deeply into the Yoruba culture and gods, specifically the attributes and ritual of Esu-Elegbara. The resulting vision goes beyond the standard interpretations to place Esu, the fate god, squarely at the center of Yoruba ritual and drama, and by extension, at the center of the black writer's concept of character, actor, and audience as victims of fate and satire. The first section of the book explores the essence of man in the black world of survival. The second, and main section, seeks to develop a concept of drama in black theatre (in African and the New World experience) from the point of view of Esu-Elegbara. The text is highlighted by various illustrations. Three tables outline the Agents of Satire: Imprecator; Imprecator/Satirist; and Satirist/Agent. A bibliography, notes, and an index will help the scholar who wishes to further explore this rich and complex subject. The book is a sophisticated study that will be of great interest to students seeking to understand African influences on black culture today. Potential markets for the book include university-level black history, literature, or culture studies. A broader market might be found among theatre practitioners and students of modern drama.
The Metaphor Of The Monster
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Author : Keith Moser
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2020-10-15
The Metaphor Of The Monster written by Keith Moser and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-15 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
The Metaphor of the Monster offers fresh perspectives and a variety of disciplinary approaches to the ever-broadening field of monster studies. The eclectic group of contributors to this volume represents areas of study not generally considered under the purview of monster studies, including world literature, classical studies, philosophy, ecocriticism, animal ethics, and gender studies. Combining historical overviews with contemporary and global outlooks, this volume recontextualizes the monstrous entities that have always haunted the human imagination in the age of the Anthropocene. It also invites reflection on new forms of monstrosity in an era epitomized by an unprecedented deluge of (mis)information. Uniting researchers from varied academic backgrounds in a common effort to challenge the monstrous labels that have historically been imposed upon "the Other," this book endeavors above all to bring the monster out of the shadows and into the light of moral consideration.
Experiencing Ws
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Author : Femi Euba
language : en
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Release Date : 2021-01-29
Experiencing Ws written by Femi Euba and has been published by Austin Macauley Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“Experiencing WS is a deeply engaging, exceedingly insightful, and well-written account of the experience and history of acting and directing since the mid-twentieth century. Its originality is manifested in every paragraph; its cumulative impact creates a revolutionary path to the understanding of acting in post-colonial Africa; its fabulous take on the mentor-mentee relationship is so compelling as to lead to an analytical framework on how to teach others. Euba has achieved what is hard to come by: a fact-based, rigorous, and sincere take on African theater situated within a rich historical context in order to understand the complexities of individual characters in their lived realities, along with the politics and culture of watershed moments. This fascinating book will certainly hold the interest of the reader from the very first page to the last.” > > — Toyin Falola, Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, University of Texas at Austin; author of Counting the Tiger’s Teeth: An African Teenager’s Story
Black Theatre
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Author : Paul Carter Harrison
language : en
Publisher: Temple University Press
Release Date : 2002-11-08
Black Theatre written by Paul Carter Harrison and has been published by Temple University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-08 with Performing Arts categories.
Generating a new understanding of the past—as well as a vision for the future—this path-breaking volume contains essays written by playwrights, scholars, and critics that analyze African American theatre as it is practiced today.Even as they acknowledge that Black experience is not monolithic, these contributors argue provocatively and persuasively for a Black consciousness that creates a culturally specific theatre. This theatre, rooted in an African mythos, offers ritual rather than realism; it transcends the specifics of social relations, reaching toward revelation. The ritual performance that is intrinsic to Black theatre renews the community; in Paul Carter Harrison's words, it "reveals the Form of Things Unknown" in a way that "binds, cleanses, and heals."
Performativity And Performance
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Author : Andrew Parker
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-05
Performativity And Performance written by Andrew Parker and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-05 with Art categories.
From the age of Aristotle to the age of AIDS, writers, thinkers, performers and activists have wresteled with what "performance" is all about. At the same moment, "performativity"--a new concept in language theory--has become a ubiquitous term in literary studies. This volume grapples with the nature of these two key terms whose traces can be found everywhere: in the theatre, in the streets, in philosophy, in questions of race and gender, and in the sentences we speak.
Postcolonial African Writers
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Author : Siga Fatima Jagne
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-11-12
Postcolonial African Writers written by Siga Fatima Jagne and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-12 with Literary Criticism categories.
This reference book surveys the richness of postcolonial African literature. The volume begins with an introductory essay on postcolonial criticism and African writing, then presents alphabetically arranged profiles of some 60 writers, including Chinua Achebe, Nadine Gordimer, Bessie Head, Doris Lessing, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Tahbar Ben Jelloun, among others. Each entry includes a brief biography, a discussion of major works and themes that appear in the author's writings, an overview of the critical response to the author's work, and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources. These profiles are written by expert contributors and reflect many different perspectives. The volume concludes with a selected general bibliography of the most important critical works on postcolonial African literature.
Wole Soyinka
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Author : Biodun Jeyifo
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003-11-13
Wole Soyinka written by Biodun Jeyifo and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-11-13 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Biodun Jeyifo examines the connections between the innovative and influential writings of Wole Soyinka and his radical political activism. Jeyifo carries out detailed analyses of Soyinka's most ambitious works, relating them to the controversies generated by Soyinka's use of literature and theatre for radical political purposes. He gives a fascinating account of the profound but paradoxical affinities and misgivings Soyinka has felt about the significance of the avant-garde movements of the twentieth century. Jeyifo also explores Soyinka's works with regard to the impact on his artistic sensibilities of the pervasiveness of representational ambiguity and linguistic exuberance in Yoruba culture. The analyses and evaluations of this study are presented in the context of Soyinka's sustained engagement with the violence of collective experience in post-independence, postcolonial Africa and the developing world. No existing study of Soyinka's works and career has attempted such a systematic investigation of their complex relationship to politics.
The African Diaspora And The Disciplines
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Author : Tejumola Olaniyan
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2010
The African Diaspora And The Disciplines written by Tejumola Olaniyan and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with African diaspora categories.
Focusing on the problems and conflicts of doing African diaspora research from various disciplinary perspectives, these essays situate, describe, and reflect on the current practice of diaspora scholarship. Tejumola Olaniyan, James H. Sweet, and the international group of contributors assembled here seek to enlarge understanding of how the diaspora is conceived and explore possibilities for the future of its study. With the aim of initiating interdisciplinary dialogue on the practice of African diaspora studies, they emphasize learning from new perspectives that take advantage of intersections between disciplines. Ultimately, they advocate a fuller sense of what it means to study the African diaspora in a truly global way.
Encyclopedia Of African Religion
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Author : Molefi Kete Asante
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2009
Encyclopedia Of African Religion written by Molefi Kete Asante and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Religion categories.
Collects almost five hundred entries that cover the African response to spirituality, taboos, ethics, sacred space, and objects.
Teaching Performance Studies
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Author : Nathan Stucky
language : en
Publisher: SIU Press
Release Date : 2002
Teaching Performance Studies written by Nathan Stucky and has been published by SIU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Edited by Nathan Stucky and Cynthia Wimmer, Teaching Performance Studies is the first organized treatment of performance studies theory, practice, and pedagogy. This collection of eighteen essays by leading scholars and educators reflects the emergent and contested nature of performance studies, a field that looks at the broad range of human performance from everyday conversation to formal theatre and cultural ritual. The cross-disciplinary freedom enacted by the writers suggests a new vision of performance studies--a deliberate commerce between field and classroom.