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" Theatre and postcolonial desires / "
Awam Amkpa.
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BL
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984354
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b738724
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| Main Entry
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Amkpa, Awam,1959-
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| Title & Author
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Theatre and postcolonial desires /\ Awam Amkpa.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2004.
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Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ;; 1
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1 online resource (xiv, 206 pages) :: illustrations
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0203495764
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: 0415312876
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: 0415435447
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: 1134381336
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: 9780203495766
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: 9780415312875
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: 9780415435444
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: 9781134381289
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: 9781134381326
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: 9781134381333
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0415312876
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-199) and index.
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| Contents
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword by Ngg wa Thiong'o; Acknowledgments; Introduction: from colonial modernity to postcolonial desires: oppositional theatre in Nigeria and England; Nigeria; Wole Soyinka: theatre, mythology, and political activism; Femi Osofisan: theatre, nation, and the revolutionary ideal; Tess Onwueme: theatre, gender, and power; The Yoruba Traveling Theatres: popular theatre and desires for postcolonial subjectivity; Theatre, democracy, and community development: Ahmadu Bello University and the Nigerian Popular Theatre Alliance; England.
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| Abstract
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This book explores the themes of colonial encounters and postcolonial contests over identity, power and culture through the prism of theatre.
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Nigerian drama (English)-- History and criticism.
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Theater-- England.
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Theater-- Nigeria.
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DRAMA-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Nigerian drama (English)
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Theater.
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England.
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Nigeria.
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| Dewey Classification
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822/.91409358
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PN2993.4.A48 2004eb
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