New Francophone African and Caribbean theatres /
John Conteh-Morgan with Dominic Thomas.
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University P., 2010.
- xviii, 208 p.
- (African expressive cultures) .
Includes bibliographical references
Introduction : instrumentalizing performance and the Francophone postcolonial performative -- Cultural trauma and ritual re-membering : Werewere Liking's Les mains veulent dire -- The dramatist as epic performer : Eugène Dervain's Saran, ou la reine scélérate -- The power and the pleasures of dramatized narrative : Bernard Zadi Zaourou's La guerre des femmes -- Theatre as writing and voice : Patrick Chamoiseau's Manman dlo contre la fée carabosse -- Tradition instrumentalized : Elie Stephenson's O mayouri -- Militariat grotesqueries and tragic lament : Tchicaya u Tam'si's Le destin glorieux du maréchal nnikon nniku, prince qu'on sort and le bal de ndinga -- From the grotesque to the fantastic : Sony Labou Tansi's Qui a mangé Madame d'Avoine Bergotha? -- Exile and the failure of the nation; or, diasporic subjectivity from below : Simone Schwarz-Bart's Ton beau capitaine -- Conclusion : Francophone theatres in the age of globalization.
9780253222268 (pbk.)
African drama (French)--History and criticism. Theater--Africa, French-speaking Equatorial. Theater--Africa, French-speaking West. Caribbean drama (French)--History and criticism. Theater --Caribbean, French-speaking.