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Title: Performing Africa

Performing Africa

Remixing Tradition, Theatre, and Culture

by Thomas Riccio (Author)
©2007 Monographs XIV, 238 Pages
Science, Society & Culture

Summary

Performing Africa is a collection of essays on contemporary African performance. From 1992 to 2002, Thomas Riccio worked with several groups in South Africa, Zambia, Tanzania, West Africa, and Kenya – the Zulu and the !Xuu Bushmen of the Kalahari among them. Performing Africa combines a rare, in-the-field perspective with a keen insight into Africa’s transformative and tumultuous confluence of tradition, urbanization, politics, history, and the AIDS crisis. The evolution of tradition and the emergence of dynamic new forms of expression are a matter of practical necessity and survival. An interdisciplinary approach and accessible language make Performing Africa a unique resource for those teaching or interested in the fields of cultural anthropology, sociology, drama therapy, theatre, performance, and African studies.

Details

Pages
XIV, 238
Year
2007
ISBN (Hardcover)
9780820488998
Language
English
Keywords
Performance (Künste) Theater Aufsatzsammlung Africa Anthropology Performance Studies Theatre Drama Therapy Afrika
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2007. XIV, 238 pp.

Biographical notes

Thomas Riccio (Author)

The Author: Thomas Riccio is Professor of Performance Studies and Artistic Director of Story Lab at the University of Texas at Dallas where he works with the Institute for Interactive Arts & Engineering. He received his MFA from Boston University. His previous positions include Professor of Theatre at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Visiting Professor at the Korean National University for the Arts and the University of Dar es Salaam, Artistic Director of Chicago’s Organic Theater Company, Dramaturg/Resident Director at the Cleveland Play House, and Associate Literary Director at the American Repertory Theatre at Harvard. He has directed over 100 stage plays, including productions at the National Theatre of Italy and Off Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway. His articles have appeared in numerous journals. His plays have been produced in the United States and internationally and he is a recipient of numerous grants and awards, most recently a «distinction prize» for playwrighting from the Alexander S. Onassis Foundation.

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