Trickster Theatre: The Poetics Of Freedom In Urban Africa (African Expressive Cultures)

By: Jesse Weaver Shipley

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Synopsis: Trickster Theatre traces the changing social significance of national theatre in Ghana from its rise as an idealistic state project from the time of independence to its reinvention in recent electronic, market-oriented genres. Jesse Weaver Shipley presents portraits of many key figures in Ghanaian theatre and examines how Akan trickster tales were adapted as the basis of a modern national theatre. This performance style tied Accra's evolving urban identity to rural origins and to Pan-African liberation politics. Contradictions emerge, however, when the ideal Ghanaian citizen is a mythic hustler who stands at the crossroads between personal desires and collective obligations. Shipley examines the interplay between on-stage action and off-stage events to show how trickster theatre shapes an evolving urban world.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 300 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780253016591
Related ISBNs:: 9780253016539
Publisher:: Indiana University Press
Date of Addition:: 08/03/23
Copyrighted By:: Jesse Weaver Shipley
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Social Studies, Drama, Plays and Theater
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.