The Theatres of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia: Performance Traditions of the Maghreb

Modern international studies of world theatre and drama have begun to acknowledge the Arab world only after the contributions of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Within the Arab world, the contributions of Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco to modern drama and to post-colonial expression remain especially neglected, a problem that this book addresses.

Author: Khalid Amine, Marvin Carlson
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 01/01/2012
Pages: 262
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.58d
ISBN13: 9781349326570
ISBN10: 1349326577
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Theater | History & Criticism
- History | Africa | General

About the Author
KHALID AMINE Professor of Performance Studies at Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan, Morocco. He was a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Interweaving Performance Cultures, Free University, Berlin, Germany (2008-2010). Since 2006, he has been President of the International Centre for Performance Studies (ICPS) in Tangier, Morocco. Among his published books are Fields of Silence in Moroccan Theatre and Dramatic Art and the Myth of Origins: Fields of Silence.
MARVIN CARLSON Sidney E. Cohn Distinguished Professor of Theatre, Comparative Literature and Middle Eastern Studies at the Graduate Centre, CUNY, USA. He has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Athens, Greece, the ATHE Career Achievement Award, the ASTR Distinguished Scholarship Award, the George Jean Nathan Award and the Calloway Prize.