{"product_id":"trickster-theatre-jesse-weaver-shipley-9780253016539","title":"Trickster Theatre: The Poetics of Freedom in Urban Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrickster Theatre \u003c\/i\u003etraces the changing social significance of national theatre in Ghana from its rise as an idealistic state project from the time of independence to its reinvention in recent electronic, market-oriented genres. Jesse Weaver Shipley presents portraits of many key figures in Ghanaian theatre and examines how Akan trickster tales were adapted as the basis of a modern national theatre. This performance style tied Accra's evolving urban identity to rural origins and to Pan-African liberation politics. Contradictions emerge, however, when the ideal Ghanaian citizen is a mythic hustler who stands at the crossroads between personal desires and collective obligations. Shipley examines the interplay between on-stage action and off-stage events to show how trickster theatre shapes an evolving urban world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jesse Weaver Shipley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0253016533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253016539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2016","brand":"Jesse Weaver Shipley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48457661546751,"sku":"9780253016539","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_306f7b30-f175-44ae-a956-4894754067fb.jpg?v=1777400361","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/trickster-theatre-jesse-weaver-shipley-9780253016539","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}