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Senegalese Stagecraft : Decolonizing Theater-Making in Francophone Africa
Title
Senegalese Stagecraft : Decolonizing Theater-Making in Francophone Africa / Brian Valente-Quinn.
ISBN
9780810143678
9780810143654
9780810143661
Publication
Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2021.
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
Copyright Notice Date
©2021.
Physical Description
1 online resource (214 pages).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
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Summary
"Senegalese Stagecraft explores the particular role of the theatrical stage in Senegal as a site of poetic expression, political activism, and community engagement"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE complete collection 2021.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 17, 2023
Series
Performance works
Contents
Introduction
Colonial Pedagogy and Creative Enactment: The Theater of the École Normale William Ponty
A Political Theater for a New Elite: The French Cultural Centers of the 1950s
The 1966 First World Festival of Negro Arts: Hommes de Culture and the Epic Pan-African Stage
Staging Sufi Stories: The Religious Stage Space of Bamba Mos Xam
From Stage to Screen: The Rise of Senegalese Television
Stagecraft and Popular Theater
Conclusion. Theater as a Senegalese Invention.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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