Post-Colonial Drama: Theory, Practice, Politics - Hardcover

Gilbert, Helen; Tompkins, Joanne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415090237 ISBN 13: 9780415090230

Publisher: Routledge, 1996

Synopsis

Post-Colonial Drama is the first full-length study to address the ways in which performance has been instrumental in resisting the continuing effects of imperialism. It brings to bear the latest theoretical approaches from post-colonial and performance studies to a range of plays from Australia, Africa, Canada, New Zealand, the Caribbean and other former colonial regions. Some of the major topics discussed in Post-Colonial Drama include:
* the interactions of post-colonial and performance theories
* the post-colonial re-stagings of language and history
* the specific enactments of ritual and carnival
* the theatrical citations of the post-colonial body
Post-Colonial Drama combines a rich intersection of theoretical approaches with close attention to a wide range of performance texts.

About this title

About the Author:

Helen Gilbert lectures in English at the University of Queensland. Joanne Tompkins lectures in Theatre and Drama at La Trobe University

Review:

'The book as a whole brings to the attention of teachers and theatre producers a host of plays that could enrich audiences and readers in South Africa, as well as Britain and North America.' - Journal of South African Studies, June 1998

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0415090237
• ISBN 13: 9780415090230
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360