African Theatre for Development: Art for Self-Determination - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1871516773 ISBN 13 : 9781871516777

Editeur : Intellect Books, 1998

Synopsis

African Theatre for Development acts as a forum for investigating how African Theatre works and what its place is in this postmodern society. It provides the subject with a degree of detail unmatched in previous books, reflecting a new approach to the study of the performing arts in this region. The collection:
- reveals the dynamic position of the arts and culture in post-independent countries as well as changes in influences and audiences,
- shows African theatre to be about aesthetics and rituals, the sociological and the political, the anthropological and the historical,
- examines theatre's role as a performing art throughout the continent, representing ethnic identities and defining intercultural relationships,
- investigates African theatre's capacity to combine contemporary cultural issues into the whole artistic fabric of performing arts, and
- considers the variety of voices, forms and practices through which contemporary African intellectual circles are negotiating the forces of tradition and modernity.
The book provides an opportunity to discover contemporary material from experts, critics and artists from across the world. The contributions are in a language and style that allow them to be read either as aids to formal study or as elements of discussion to interest the general reader.African Theatre for Development acts as a forum for investigating how African Theatre works and what its place is in this postmodern society. It provides the subject with a degree of detail unmatched in previous books, reflecting a new approach to the study of the performing arts in this region. The collection:
- reveals the dynamic position of the arts and culture in post-independent countries as well as changes in influences and audiences,
- shows African theatre to be about aesthetics and rituals, the sociological and the political, the anthropological and the historical,
- examines theatre's role as a performing art throughout the continent, representing ethnic identities and defining intercultural relationships,
- investigates African theatre's capacity to combine contemporary cultural issues into the whole artistic fabric of performing arts, and
- considers the variety of voices, forms and practices through which contemporary African intellectual circles are negotiating the forces of tradition and modernity.
The book provides an opportunity to discover contemporary material from experts, critics and artists from across the world. The contributions are in a language and style that allow them to be read either as aids to formal study or as elements of discussion to interest the general reader.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kamal Salhi is a full professor whose chair in North African and Middle Eastern studies, include cultural anthropology, Islam and performance studies, in the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies at the University of Leeds. His numerous, international publications include books, volumes, mini-graphs, refereed journal articles, book chapters, reviews and research reports in the following research areas: Francophone studies; performance studies; postcolonial and decolonial studies; gender and women’s studies; North and sub-Saharan cultural production; Middle Eastern studies; language policies; film studies; theatre and music and Sufi cultures. His latest contribution, ‘Women in Algeria’ appeared in the Oxford Research Encyclopaedias, African Women’s History, which was awarded the Waldo G. Leland Prize by the American Historical Association. His book, Music, Culture and Identity in the Muslim World: Performance, Politics and Piety (Routledge, 2014), received the British Arts and Humanities Research Council distinction on the completion of the research project that led to its publication.

Contact: School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of Leeds, Woodhouse, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Intellect Books
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1871516773
• ISBN 13: 9781871516777
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Éditeur: Salhi Kamal
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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