Scars of Conquest/Masks of Resistance: The Invention of Cultural Identities in African, African-American, and Caribbean Drama

by Tejumola Olaniyan

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This original work redefines and broadens our understanding of the drama of the English-speaking African diaspora. Looking closely at the work of Amiri Baraka, Nobel prize-winners Wole Soyinka and Derek Walcott, and Ntozake Shange, the author contends that the refashioning of the collective cultural self in black drama originates from the complex intersection of three discourses: Eurocentric, Afrocentric, and Post-Afrocentric.

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Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0195094069

ISBN13:9780195094060

Release Date:June 1995

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.6" x 9.0"

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