London, New York: Routledge. β 1996. β 356 p. ISBN-10: 0415090245; ISBN-13: 978-0415090247.
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. The book combines a rich intersection of theoretical approaches with close attention to a wide range of performance texts.
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction: re-acting (to) Empire
Re-citing the classics: canonical counter-discourseCounter-discourse and the canon
Shakespeare's legacy
Replaying The Tempest
Crusoe and Friday
Classical Greek influences
Reworking Christian myths
Replacing the canon
Traditional enactments: ritual and carnivalRitual
Ritual-centred plays
Ritual elements/ritual contexts
Carnival
Carnival logics
Carnival plays
Post-colonial historiesFracturing colonialist history
Women's histories
Story-telling
"Time span
Spatial histories
"Theatre spaces
The languages of resistanceIndigenous languages and translation
Indigenised languages
Creole and Pidgin
Silence
Song and music
Body politicsRace
Gender
Derogated bodies
Metamorphic bodies
Dancing bodies
Framed bodies
Neo-imperialismsInternal colonialism
Regional neo-imperialism
Global neo-imperialism
Tourism
A provisional conclusion
Bibliography
Index