Contemporary women

by Banham, Martin Hutchison, Yvette Matzke, Christine Plastow, Jane

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Title Statements

Full title :Contemporary women / volume editors, Jane Plastow & Yvette Hutchison ; guest editor, Christine Matzke ; reviews editor, Martin Banham.

Summary

"Drawing on expertise from across the African continent this collection reflects the realities for women working and making theatre: how Egyptian director Dalia Basiouny has documented the "Tahrir Stories" of the Egyptian Revolution; how in Uganda women have used various theatrical devices, such as oral poetry, to seek common ground in a rural-urban inter-generational theatre project; and the use of physical theatre to examine disavowed memory in South Africa. The contributors also look at how practitioners are re-thinking performance space and modes of performance for gendered advocacy in Botswanan theatre, and how women are addressing gender-based violence and rape culture, comparing performance and street-based activism in South Africa and India. A particular strength of the volume is its interviews: with Jallila Baccar of Tunisia, by Marvin Carlson; six Ethiopian actresses are interviewed and introduced by Jane Plastow and Mahlet Solomon; and Ariane Zaytzeff explores "Making art to reinvent culture" with Odile Gakire Katese of Rwanda. The new play to be published is 'The Sentence' by Nigerian writer Sefi Atta, introduced and contextualised by Christine Matzke."--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2015

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):James Currey, an imprint of Boydell and Brewer
Place of Publication:Woodbridge, Suffolk
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2015

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (144 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781782046370, 1782046372
oclc:ocn930023523
LC Classification:PN2969
Dewey Decimal:792/.082/0960905

Editors' foreword: Women on the front line / by Jane Plastow, Yvette Hutchison & Christine Matzke -- Introduction: Citizen and artist: African women making theatre / Sandra L. Richards -- The work of Dalia Basiouny: an artist's account / Dalia Basiouny -- Performatives as activism: addressing gender-based violence & rape culture in South Africa & beyond / Sara Matchett & Nicola Cloete -- Exploring poetic voice in the Uganda women's intergenerational theatre project / Susan Kiguli & Jane Plastow -- 'After images': impressions of the 'after' by South African performer-choreographer Mamela Nyamza / Alude Mahali -- Jalila Baccar of Tunisia: a portrait of an artist / Marvin Carlson -- In conversation: interrogating & shifting societal perceptions of women in Botswana through theatre / Lebogang Disele -- Binti Leo: women in the arts in Tanzania / Vicensia Shule -- Odile Gakire Katese: making art & reinventing culture with women / interview with Ariane Zaytzeff -- Contemporary Ethiopian actresses / Jane Plastow & Mahlet Solomon -- Introducing The sentence by Sefi Atta / Christine Matzke -- Playscript: The sentence / Sefi Atta -- Book reviews.

Subjects

Africa African drama African drama -- History and criticism.… African drama (English) African drama (English) -- History and … Arts du spectacle -- Histoire -- 21e si… Criticism, interpretation, etc Critiques littéraires Femmes au théâtre -- Afrique Femmes dans les arts du spectacle -- Af… Femmes dramaturges -- Afrique History literary criticism LITERARY CRITICISM -- African Performing arts Performing arts -- History -- 21st cent… Theater Theater -- History -- 21st century -- A… Théâtre -- Histoire -- 21e siècle. -- A… Théâtre africain -- Histoire et critiqu…