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Hutchison, Yvette and Okoye, Chukwuma, eds. (2018) African theatre 17 : contemporary dance. African Theatre, 17 . Oxford: James Currey Publishers. ISBN 9781847011879
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Abstract
To date, scholars have tended, with a few exceptions, to write about African dance in primarily ethnographic terms. This collection seeks to challenge this pattern and expand dance research by engaging with the aesthetics and socio-political impact of dance for communities in and out of Africa in an increasingly global context. Contributors to this issue look at the impact that specifically situated indigenous dance forms have had on the development of new forms locally, and the reciprocal impact of local and international infrastructures, including funding bodies, tourism and festivals. African Theatre 17 examines how dance is contributing to a particularly African interculturalism, while analysing the issues of representation of Africa in a postcolonial context. Articles address the efficacy of dance to engage audiences with disavowed issues regarding gender, sexuality and dis/ability both within and beyond Africa. Highlights include a dance photo essay on F.O.D. Gang's 2017 site-specific street performance "Untitled" in Lagos, a new non-themed section, and the playscript Lunatic! by Zimbabwean playwright Thoko Zulu.
| Item Type: | Book | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies | ||||
| Series Name: | African Theatre | ||||
| Publisher: | James Currey Publishers | ||||
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | ||||
| ISBN: | 9781847011879 | ||||
| Editor: | Hutchison, Yvette and Okoye, Chukwuma | ||||
| Official Date: | 16 November 2018 | ||||
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| Volume: | 17 | ||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
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