New Francophone African and Caribbean Theatres

Author/Contributor(s):	Conteh-Morgan, John ; Thomas, Dominic
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Date:	08/03/2010
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

John Conteh-Morgan explores the multiple ways in which African and Caribbean theatres have combined aesthetic, ceremonial, experimental, and avant-garde practices in order to achieve sharp critiques of the nationalist and postnationalist state and to elucidate the concerns of the francophone world. More recent changes have introduced a transnational dimension, replacing concerns with national and ethnic solidarity in favor of irony and self-reflexivity. New Francophone African and Caribbean Theatres places these theatres at the heart of contemporary debates on global cultural and political practices and offers a more finely tuned understanding of performance in diverse diasporic networks.