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Myth Performance in the African Diasporas - Ritual, Theatre, and Dance (Hardcover)
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Myth Performance in the African Diasporas - Ritual, Theatre, and Dance (Hardcover)
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Diaspora studies continue to expand in range and scope and remain
fertile terrain for investigating multiple techniques of myth
creation in dance performance, history as performance, dramatic
narrative, and staged rituals in the field. Similarly, research in
postcoloniality, gender/sexuality, intercultural, and literary
studies, among others, all engage and feature core components of
performance and myth in articulating and understanding their
fields. This sharing of similar components also demonstrates the
interrelatedness of these fields. In Myth Performance in the
African Diasporas: Ritual, Theatre, and Dance, the authors contend
that performance traditions across artistic disciplines reveal a
shared if sometimes varied journey among diasporic artists to
reconnect with their African ancestors. The volume begins with a
historical and aesthetic overview of how dramatists,
choreographers, and performance artists have approached the task of
interpreting African myth. The individual chapters reveal how
specific artists, dramatists, and choreographers have interpreted
African myth and what performative approaches and traditions they
have used. Focusing on theatre practitioners from the nineteenth
century through the present, the authors examine performative
traditions from Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin
America. Drawing upon research in theatre, dance, and literary
texts, Myth Performance in the African Diasporas will be crucial to
academics interested in African performance viewed through the
prism of myth making and spiritual/ritualistic stagings. Besides
those interested in diasporic studies, this book will also be
useful to scholars and students of history, drama, theatre, and
dance.
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