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African Theatres and Performances
Hardcover
Series: Theatres of the World
ISBN13: 9780415304535
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Aug 1 2007
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This book looks at four performances in Africa and uses these to question the tendency in much western and non-western scholarship the idea that cultures produce the kind of performances that satisfy the aesthetic and social needs of people.
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