When people play people : development communication through theatre / Zakes Mda.
Material type: TextPublisher: Johannesburg : London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Witwatersand University Press ; Zed Books, [1993]Copyright date: ©1993Description: x, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1856492001
- 9781856492003
- 1856491994
- 9781856491990
- 792.096
- PN2969. M42 1993
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 792.096 MDA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A408516B |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Development Communication in Africa -- 2. Perspectives -- The development of theatre -- The Laedza Batanani experience -- The crucial problem of form and ideology -- A brief assessment -- Development communication models -- Definition of basic concepts -- 3. Lesotho: A Case Study -- The problems of underdevelopment -- The communication environment -- Marotholi Travelling Theatre -- 4. Traditional and Popular Media in Lesotho -- 5. Theatre-for-Development as Communication -- 6. People Play People: The Theatre of Marotholi -- Agitprop: Kopano ke Matla! -- Participatory agitprop: the Rural Sanitation Play -- Simultaneous dramaturgy: the Agro-Action Play -- Forum Theatre: the Trade Union Play -- Participatory theatre/comgen theatre: the Alcoholism Play -- 7. The Concept of Intervention -- The intervention-participation-conscientisation relationship -- Optimal intervention -- 8. Conclusions -- The efficacy of theatre in development communication -- Problems of underdevelopment -- Assets and liabilities of different methods of theatre-for-development -- Appendix: The Plays -- Kopano ke Matla! -- Rural Sanitation Play -- Agro-Action Play -- Trade Union Play -- Alcoholism Play -- Bibliography -- Index.
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