Senegalese Stagecraft
Decolonizing Theater-Making in Francophone Africa
Seiten
2021
Northwestern University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8101-4366-1 (ISBN)
Northwestern University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8101-4366-1 (ISBN)
Senegalese Stagecraft explores the theatrical stage in Senegal as a site of poetic expression, political activism, and community engagement. In their responses to the country’s colonial heritage, as well as through their innovations on the craft of theater-making, Senegalese performers have created an array of decolonizing stage spaces that have shaped the country’s theater history. Their work has also addressed a global audience, experimenting with international performance practices while proposing new visions of the role of culture and stagecraft in society.
Through a study of the innovative work of Senegalese theater-makers from the 1930s onward, Senegalese Stagecraft explores a wide range of historical contexts and themes, including French colonial education, cultural Pan-Africanism, West African Sufism, uses of television and mass media, and popular theater and activism. Using a multidisciplinary approach that includes field, archival, and literary methods, Valente-Quinn offers a fresh look at performance cultures of West Africa and the Global South in a book that will interest students and scholars in African, Francophone, and performance studies.
Through a study of the innovative work of Senegalese theater-makers from the 1930s onward, Senegalese Stagecraft explores a wide range of historical contexts and themes, including French colonial education, cultural Pan-Africanism, West African Sufism, uses of television and mass media, and popular theater and activism. Using a multidisciplinary approach that includes field, archival, and literary methods, Valente-Quinn offers a fresh look at performance cultures of West Africa and the Global South in a book that will interest students and scholars in African, Francophone, and performance studies.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Colonial Pedagogy and Creative Enactment: The Theater of the École Normale William Ponty
2. A Political Theater for a New Elite: The French Cultural Centers of the 1950s
3. The 1966 First World Festival of Negro Arts: Hommes de culture and the Epic Pan-African Stage
4. Staging Sufi Stories: The Religious Stage Space of Bamba Mos Xam
5. From Stage to Screen: The Rise of Senegalese Television
6. Stagecraft and Popular Theater
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 19.07.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Performance Works |
| Zusatzinfo | 9 b&w images |
| Verlagsort | Evanston |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 333 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8101-4366-6 / 0810143666 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8101-4366-1 / 9780810143661 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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