Culture and identity in African and Caribbean theatre / Osita Okagbue.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Okagbue, Osy A.
Language:English
Published: London : Adonis & Abbey, 2009.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Theater > Africa.
Theater > Caribbean Area.
Africa > Drama > History and criticism.
Caribbean Area > Drama > History and criticism.
Genre:
Drama
Physical Description:vii, 269 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : Slavery, colonialism and African and Caribbean experience
  • Mending a damaged psyche
  • Theatre and affirmation of historical and cultural identities
  • Race, class and social inequality in African and African-Caribbean plays
  • A home of their own : marganlisation and the longing for Utopia
  • Form and content in African and African-Caribbean theatre
  • Indigenisation, domestication and postcolonial subjectivity
  • Language and identity in African and African-Caribbean theatre
  • Conclusion.