{"product_id":"african-theatre-17-contemporary-dance-hardcover","title":"African Theatre 17: Contemporary Dance - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYvette Hutchison\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eChukwuma Okoye\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eYvette Hutchison\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfrican dance is discussed here in its global as well as local contexts as a powerful vehicle of aesthetic and cultural exchange and influence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo date, scholars have tended, with a few exceptions, to write about African dance in primarily ethnographic terms. This collection seeks to challenge this pattern and expand dance research by engaging with the aesthetics and socio-political impact of dance for communities in and out of Africa in an increasingly global context. Contributors to this issue look at the impact that specifically situated indigenous dance forms have had on the development of newforms locally, and the reciprocal impact of local and international infrastructures, including funding bodies, tourism and festivals. African Theatre 17 examines how dance is contributing to a particularly African interculturalism, while analysing the issues of representation of Africa in a postcolonial context. Articles address the efficacy of dance to engage audiences with disavowed issues regarding gender, sexuality and dis\/ability both within and beyond Africa. Highlights include a dance photo essay on F.O.D. Gang's 2017 site-specific street performance \"Untitled\" in Lagos, a new non-themed section, and the playscript Lunatic! by Zimbabwean playwright Thoko Zulu. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Volume Editors: YVETTE HUTCHISON \u0026amp; CHUKWUMA OKOYE \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Series Editors: Yvette Hutchison, Reader, Department of Theatre \u0026amp; Performance Studies, University of Warwick; Chukwuma Okoye, Reader in African Theatre \u0026amp; Performance University of Ibadan; Jane Plastow, Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 261\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 16, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42712980029503,"sku":"9781847011879","price":153.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8773ecf6ec91de025628468120b01eee.webp?v=1765063033","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/african-theatre-17-contemporary-dance-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}