{"product_id":"9780253110909","title":"African Drama and Performance","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfrican Drama and Performance is a collection of innovative and\u003cbr\u003e wide-ranging essays that bring conceptually fresh perspectives, from both renowned\u003cbr\u003e and emerging voices, to the study of drama, theatre, and performance in Africa.\u003cbr\u003e Topics range from studies of major dramatic authors and formal literary dramas to\u003cbr\u003e improvisational theatre and popular video films. South Africa's Truth and\u003cbr\u003e Reconciliation Commissions are analyzed as a kind of social performance, and aspects\u003cbr\u003e of African performance in the diaspora are also considered. This dynamic volume\u003cbr\u003e underscores theatre's role in postcolonial society and politics and reexamines\u003cbr\u003e performance as a form of high art and everyday social\u003cbr\u003e ritual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors are Akin Adesokan, Daniel Avorgbedor, Karin\u003cbr\u003e Barber, Nicholas Brown, Catherine Cole, John Conteh-Morgan, Johannes Fabian, Joachim\u003cbr\u003e Fiebach, Marie-José Hourantier, Loren Kruger, Pius Ngandu Nkashama, Isidore\u003cbr\u003e Okpewho, Tejumola Olaniyan, Ato Quayson, Sandra L. Richards, Wole Soyinka, Dominic\u003cbr\u003e Thomas, and Bob W. White.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101217669360,"sku":"9780253110909","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253110909","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}