Nkyin-kyin : essays on the Ghanaian theatre / James Gibbs.

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Gibbs, James (James Morel)

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cross/cultures ; 98.Publication details: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2009.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781441603562
1441603565
9789401206730
9401206732
9042025174
9789042025172

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Nkyin-kyin.DDC classification:

792.09667 22

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PN2990.1 .G53 2009eb

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Contents:

Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; OUTSIDERS AND ACTIVISTS; INTERCULTURAL ENCOUNTERS; PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS; PLAYERS AND PLAYMAKING; General Bibliography; Efua Theodora Sutherland.

Summary: This collection brings together essays written over a thirty-five year period. They reflect James Gibbs's position vis-à-vis the Ghanaian theatre as sometimes a remote onlooker, sometimes an enthusiastic participant observer, deeply involved in issues of perception and influence in a society moving through colonialism to nationalism, independence and beyond. The main body of the book is divided into four sections. The first, "Outsiders and Activists," looks at theatre for community development during the late 1940s, some connections between drama and film, and the astonishing involvement in Gh.

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Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; OUTSIDERS AND ACTIVISTS; INTERCULTURAL ENCOUNTERS; PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS; PLAYERS AND PLAYMAKING; General Bibliography; Efua Theodora Sutherland.

This collection brings together essays written over a thirty-five year period. They reflect James Gibbs's position vis-à-vis the Ghanaian theatre as sometimes a remote onlooker, sometimes an enthusiastic participant observer, deeply involved in issues of perception and influence in a society moving through colonialism to nationalism, independence and beyond. The main body of the book is divided into four sections. The first, "Outsiders and Activists," looks at theatre for community development during the late 1940s, some connections between drama and film, and the astonishing involvement in Gh.

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