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Art and Political Thought in Bole Butake.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (141 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498538114
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Art and Political Thought in Bole ButakeDDC classification:
  • 822
LOC classification:
  • PR9340
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: Contextualizing Butake -- Chapter Two: Interview with Professor Bole Butake, Dramatist and University Professor who Refused to Be "Lapiroed" -- Chapter Three: The Political Dimensions of Lake God and Other Plays -- Chapter Four: Re-Configuration of Colonialism in Postcolonial Cameroon in Lake God and Other Plays -- Chapter Five: Colonial Legacy and the Culture of Corruption in Lake God and The Rape of Michelle -- Chapter Six: Female Empowerment and Political Change -- Chapter Seven: Symbol and Meaning in Lake God and Other Plays -- Chapter Eight: From Spoken to Texture -- Chapter Nine: Character and the Supernatural in Lake God -- Chapter Ten: Conclusion and Butake's Legacy -- Select Annotated Bibliography on Bole Butake -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.
Summary: Art and Political Thought in Bole Butake interrogates Butake's major plays through a pluralist critical approach in terms of their political underpinnings and cultural significance. This book places his drama within the socio-political matrix of Cameroon and demonstrates the topicality of the issues of governance, marginalization, and corruption in Cameroon and Africa that Butake consistently foregrounds in his creative works.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: Contextualizing Butake -- Chapter Two: Interview with Professor Bole Butake, Dramatist and University Professor who Refused to Be "Lapiroed" -- Chapter Three: The Political Dimensions of Lake God and Other Plays -- Chapter Four: Re-Configuration of Colonialism in Postcolonial Cameroon in Lake God and Other Plays -- Chapter Five: Colonial Legacy and the Culture of Corruption in Lake God and The Rape of Michelle -- Chapter Six: Female Empowerment and Political Change -- Chapter Seven: Symbol and Meaning in Lake God and Other Plays -- Chapter Eight: From Spoken to Texture -- Chapter Nine: Character and the Supernatural in Lake God -- Chapter Ten: Conclusion and Butake's Legacy -- Select Annotated Bibliography on Bole Butake -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.

Art and Political Thought in Bole Butake interrogates Butake's major plays through a pluralist critical approach in terms of their political underpinnings and cultural significance. This book places his drama within the socio-political matrix of Cameroon and demonstrates the topicality of the issues of governance, marginalization, and corruption in Cameroon and Africa that Butake consistently foregrounds in his creative works.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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