Performing Contestation
Narratives on Critical Malian Theatre Plays
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14768952 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melanie Sampayo Vidal (0000-0002-7923-8796, University of Basel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 89-90 |
| Pages | 23-52 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cahiers de littérature orale (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0396-891X • E-ISSN: 2266-1816 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/clo.9759 |
| OpenAlex | W4312719399 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
This article explores the potential and limits of the popular satire theatre Kotéba in transporting critical narratives into the Malian public sphere. It investigates how Kotéba can be perceived as a means of contestation. Through the accounts of two cultural agents who were actively implicated in creating plays and censorship-processes during the Moussa Traoré regime (1968-1991), the author traces Kotéba’s development and social function to discuss the interconnection of theatre, narrative and contestation. The focus on narrated memories favors a backstage perspective, allowing insight into the otherwise hidden processes which make “performing contestation” possible
Aesthetics · Art · Censorship · Epistemology · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Social function · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · African history and culture studies · African Studies and Ethnography · Cultural Identity and Heritage · History · Law · Philosophy
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |