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This collection of contemporary postcolonial plays demonstrates the extraordinary vitality of a body of work that is currently influencing the shape of contemporary world theatre. This anthology encompasses both internationally admired 'classics' and previously unpublished texts, all dealing with imperialism and its aftermath. It includes work from Canada, the Carribean, South and West Africa, Southeast Asia, India, New Zealand and Australia. A general introduction outlines major themes in postcolonial plays. Introductions to individual plays include information on authors as well as overviews of cultural contexts, major ideas and performance history. Dramaturgical techniques in the plays draw on Western theatre as well as local performance traditions and include agit-prop dialogue, musical routines, storytelling, ritual incantation, epic narration, dance, multimedia presentation and puppetry. The plays dramatize diverse issues, such as: *globalization * political corruption * race and class relations *slavery *gender and sexuality *media representation *nationalism
Post-Colonial Drama is the first full-length study to address the ways in which performance has been instrumental in resisting the continuing effects of imperialism. It brings to bear the latest theoretical approaches from post-colonial and performance studies to a range of plays from Australia, Africa, Canada, New Zealand, the Caribbean and other former colonial regions. Some of the major topics discussed include: * the interactions of post-colonial and performance theories * the post-colonial re-stagings of language and history * the specific enactments of ritual and carnival * the theatrical citations of the post-colonial body Post-Colonial Drama combines a rich intersection of theoretical approaches with close attention to a wide range of performance texts. eBook available with sample pages: 020342106X
Post-Colonial Drama is the first full-length study to address the ways in which performance has been instrumental in resisting the continuing effects of imperialism. It brings to bear the latest theoretical approaches from post-colonial and performance studies to a range of plays from Australia, Africa, Canada, New Zealand, the Caribbean and other former colonial regions. Some of the major topics discussed in Post-Colonial Drama include: * the interactions of post-colonial and performance theories * the post-colonial re-stagings of language and history * the specific enactments of ritual and carnival * the theatrical citations of the post-colonial body Post-Colonial Drama combines a rich intersection of theoretical approaches with close attention to a wide range of performance texts.
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To
mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania
Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's
distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print.
Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers
peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
This collection of contemporary postcolonial plays demonstrates the extraordinary vitality of a body of work that is currently influencing the shape of contemporary world theatre. This anthology encompasses both internationally admired 'classics' and previously unpublished texts, all dealing with imperialism and its aftermath. It includes work from Canada, the Carribean, South and West Africa, Southeast Asia, India, New Zealand and Australia. A general introduction outlines major themes in postcolonial plays. Introductions to individual plays include information on authors as well as overviews of cultural contexts, major ideas and performance history. Dramaturgical techniques in the plays draw on Western theatre as well as local performance traditions and include agit-prop dialogue, musical routines, storytelling, ritual incantation, epic narration, dance, multimedia presentation and puppetry. The plays dramatize diverse issues, such as: *globalization * political corruption * race and class relations *slavery *gender and sexuality *media representation *nationalism
In the name of benevolence, philanthropy, and humanitarian aid,
individuals, groups, and nations have sought to assist others and
to redress forms of suffering and deprivation. Yet the inherent
imbalances of power between the giver and the recipient of this
benevolence have called into question the motives and rationale for
such assistance. This volume examines the evolution of the ideas
and practices of benevolence, chiefly in the context of British
imperialism, from the late 18th century to the present. The authors
consider more than a dozen examples of practical and theoretical
benevolence from the anti-slavery movement of the late 18th century
to such modern activities as refugee asylum in Europe, opposition
to female genital mutilation in Africa, fundraising for charities,
and restoring the wetlands in southern, post-Saddam Iraq.
Ecocritical Concerns and the Australian Continent investigates
literary, historical, anthropological, and linguistic perspectives
in connection with activist engagements. The necessary
cross-fertilization between these different perspectives throughout
this volume emerges in the resonances between essays exploring
recurring concerns ranging from biodiversity and preservation
policies to the devastating effects of the mining industries, to
present concerns and futuristic visions of the effects of climate
change. Of central concern in all of these contexts is the impact
of settler colonialism and an increasing turn to indigenous
knowledge systems. A number of chapters engage with questions of
ecological imperialism in relation to specific sociohistorical
moments and effects, probing early colonial encounters between
settlers and indigenous people, or rereading specific forms of
colonial literature. Other essays take issue with past and present
constructions of indigeneity in different contexts, as well as with
indigenous resistance against such ascriptions, while the
importance of an understanding of indigenous notions of “care for
country” is taken up from a variety of different disciplinary
angles in terms of interconnectedness, anchoredness, living
country, and living heritage.
Wild Man from Borneo offers the first comprehensive history of the
human-orangutan encounter. Arguably the most humanlike of all the
great apes, particularly in intelligence and behavior, the
orangutan has been cherished, used, and abused ever since it was
first brought to the attention of Europeans in the seventeenth
century. The red ape has engaged the interest of scientists,
philosophers, artists, and the public at large in a bewildering
array of guises that have by no means been exclusively zoological
or ecological. One reason for such a long-term engagement with a
being found only on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra is that, like
its fellow great apes, the orangutan stands on that most
uncomfortable dividing line between human and animal, existing, for
us, on what has been called "the dangerous edge of the garden of
nature." Beginning with the scientific discovery of the red ape
more than three hundred years ago, this work goes on to examine the
ways in which its human attributes have been both recognized and
denied in science, philosophy, travel literature, popular science,
literature, theatre, museums, and film. The authors offer a
provocative analysis of the origin of the name "orangutan," trace
how the ape has been recruited to arguments on topics as diverse as
slavery and rape, and outline the history of attempts to save the
animal from extinction. Today, while human populations increase
exponentially, that of the orangutan is in dangerous decline. The
remaining "wild men of Borneo" are under increasing threat from
mining interests, logging, human population expansion, and the
widespread destruction of forests. The authors hope that this
history will, by adding to our knowledge of this fascinating being,
assist in some small way in their preservation.
Wild Man from Borneo offers the first comprehensive history of the
human-orangutan encounter. Arguably the most humanlike of all the
great apes, particularly in intelligence and behavior, the
orangutan has been cherished, used, and abused ever since it was
first brought to the attention of Europeans in the seventeenth
century. The red ape has engaged the interest of scientists,
philosophers, artists, and the public at large in a bewildering
array of guises that have by no means been exclusively zoological
or ecological. One reason for such a long-term engagement with a
being found only on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra is that, like
its fellow great apes, the orangutan stands on that most
uncomfortable dividing line between human and animal, existing, for
us, on what has been called "the dangerous edge of the garden of
nature." Beginning with the scientific discovery of the red ape
more than three hundred years ago, this work goes on to examine the
ways in which its human attributes have been both recognized and
denied in science, philosophy, travel literature, popular science,
literature, theatre, museums, and film. The authors offer a
provocative analysis of the origin of the name "orangutan," trace
how the ape has been recruited to arguments on topics as diverse as
slavery and rape, and outline the history of attempts to save the
animal from extinction. Today, while human populations increase
exponentially, that of the orangutan is in dangerous decline. The
remaining "wild men of Borneo" are under increasing threat from
mining interests, logging, human population expansion, and the
widespread destruction of forests. The authors hope that this
history will, by adding to our knowledge of this fascinating being,
assist in some small way in their preservation.
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