African Theatre 10: Media and Performance Contributor(s): Banham, Martin (Editor), Gibbs, James (Editor), Osofisan, Femi (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1847010385 ISBN-13: 9781847010384 Publisher: James Currey OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism - Social Science | Media Studies |
Dewey: 792.096 |
Series: African Theatre (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.4" W x 5.5" (0.60 lbs) 174 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Focuses on the ways African theatre and performance relate to various kinds of media. Includes contributions on dance; popular video, with an emphasis on video drama and soaps from Eastern and Southern Africa, and the Nigerian 'Nollywood' phenomenon; the interface between live performance and video (or still photography), and links between on-line social networks and new performance identities. As a group the articles raise, from original angles, the issues of racism, gender, identity, advocacy and sponsorship. Volume Editor: DAVID KERR is Professor of English in the University of Botswana, and is the author of African Popular Theatre Series Editors: Martin Banham, Emeritus Professor of Drama & Theatre Studies, University of Leeds; James Gibbs, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, University of the West of England; Femi Osofisan, Professor of Drama at the University of Ibadan; JanePlastow, Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds; Yvette Hutchison, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Performance Studies, University of Warwick |