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Spiders in the City: Tricktster and the Politics/Economics of Performance in Ghana's Popular Theatre Revival

Description:

In this dissertation, I examine a near-century old popular theatre genre in Ghana known as the concert party to explore how contemporary political and economic circumstances shape its relationship to the spider-man trickster of Ghanaian (specifically Akan) folklore. Since the early 18th century various writers have attempted to define Ananse's...

Keyword:

Marketing and Theatre Sponsorship, Politics and Economics of Performance, Ananse, Popular Theatre, Trickster in Black Cultures, and Concert Party

Subject:

Performance Studies

Creator:

David Afriyie Donkor

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

09/11/2018

Date Modified:

09/11/2018

Date Created:

2008-05-12

Resource Type:

Dissertation