Decolonizing the Stage Theatrical Syncretism and Post-Colonial Drama [Hardcover]

Decolonizing the Stageis a major study devoted to post-colonial drama and theater. It examines the way dramatists and directors from various countries and societies have attempted to fuse the performance idioms of their indigenous traditions with the Western dramatic form. The study provides a theoretically sophisticated, cross-cultural comparative approach to a wide number of writers, regions, and theater movements, ranging from Maori, Aboriginal, and native American theater to Township theater in South Africa.

List of Illustrations
Introduction
1. Indigenous theories of syncretic theatre
2. Ritual frames and liminal dramaturgy
3. Language and the post-colonial stage
4. Orality as performance
5. Visualizing the body
6. Dance and body language
7. Spaces and spectators
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

A significant contribution to the literature of postcolonial drama and intercultural performance....Recommended for advanced scholars of theater history and cultural studies....an important resource for further studies in multiculturalism and diversity on the American stage. --Choice