"Breaking the Head of the Masquerade" Tracie Utoh-Ezeajughs "Out of the Masks" and Theatre of Exclusion
نام عام مواد
[Article]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Nick Mdika Tembo
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Leiden
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Brill
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
In most African societies, traditional rituals are sometimes used as tools for cultural inferiorization of women and girls. Out of frustration, those at the receiving end of such rituals may resort to a variety of performative and subversive tactics aimed at debunking them in society. This essay seeks to examine Tracie Utoh-Ezeajugh's portrayal of women in "Out of the Masks." The essay particularly seeks to examine how the dramatist responds to and represents the position and role of women in the traditional social context and in the context of changing social values in her play. Through a careful analysis of key episodes of five young women, the essay argues, an insurrection aimed at saving the female race "from further institutional molestation and humiliation" is successfully mounted in the play. In the end, female characters response to social, economic, political, and cultural oppression through their strategic planning and careful organization in the play. In most African societies, traditional rituals are sometimes used as tools for cultural inferiorization of women and girls. Out of frustration, those at the receiving end of such rituals may resort to a variety of performative and subversive tactics aimed at debunking them in society. This essay seeks to examine Tracie Utoh-Ezeajugh's portrayal of women in "Out of the Masks." The essay particularly seeks to examine how the dramatist responds to and represents the position and role of women in the traditional social context and in the context of changing social values in her play. Through a careful analysis of key episodes of five young women, the essay argues, an insurrection aimed at saving the female race "from further institutional molestation and humiliation" is successfully mounted in the play. In the end, female characters response to social, economic, political, and cultural oppression through their strategic planning and careful organization in the play.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2012
توصيف ظاهري
21-32
عنوان
Matatu
شماره جلد
40/1
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1875-7421
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اصطلاح موضوعی
African Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
Comparative Studies & World Literature
اصطلاح موضوعی
Criticism & Theory
اصطلاح موضوعی
Cultural History
اصطلاح موضوعی
Literature & Culture
اصطلاح موضوعی
Literature and Cultural Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
Postcolonial Literature & Culture
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