Decolonizing the Stage: Theatrical Syncretism and Post-Colonial Drama

by Christopher B. Balme

Overview

Decolonizing the Stage is a major study devoted to post-colonial drama and theater. It examines the way dramatists and directors from various countries and societies have attempted to fuse the performance idioms of their indigenous traditions with the Western dramatic form. The study provides a theoretically sophisticated, cross-cultural comparative approach to a wide number of writers, regions, and theater movements, ranging from Maori, Aboriginal, and native American theater to Township theater in South Africa.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198184447
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/20/1999
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.88(d)
Lexile:	1540L (what's this?)

About the Author

University of Mainz

Table of Contents

List of IllustrationsIntroduction1. Indigenous theories of syncretic theatre2. Ritual frames and liminal dramaturgy3. Language and the post-colonial stage4. Orality as performance5. Visualizing the body6. Dance and body language7. Spaces and spectatorsConclusionBibliographyIndex

Editorial Reviews

"A significant contribution to the literature of postcolonial drama and intercultural performance....Recommended for advanced scholars of theater history and cultural studies....an important resource for further studies in multiculturalism and diversity on the American stage."—Choice

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