Traditional Cleansing Rites and State Reconstruction in Contemporary Nigerian Drama

Sometimes, the playwrights creatively explore aspects of indigenous cultures to articulate their political and artistic concerns. One significant aspect of indigenous culture explored in contemporary drama is the tradition of purification. What is purification and how is it effected in different tr...

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מחבר ראשי: Adeoti, Gbemisola Remi
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description Sometimes, the playwrights creatively explore aspects of indigenous cultures to articulate their political and artistic concerns. One significant aspect of indigenous culture explored in contemporary drama is the tradition of purification. What is purification and how is it effected in different traditional societies? What are the religious, political and artistic purposes of cleansing rites in such societies? How are the rites creatively appropriated to achieve socio-political ends in the selected plays? What lessons do the rites and the dramatized reality have for state re-construction in modem Nigeria? These are some of the pertinent questions that the chapter addresses.
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spelling oai:ir.oauife.edu.ng:123456789-26652023-05-13T11:05:53Z Traditional Cleansing Rites and State Reconstruction in Contemporary Nigerian Drama Adeoti, Gbemisola Remi Political Concerns Artistic concerns Tradition of purification Dramatists Playwrights Sometimes, the playwrights creatively explore aspects of indigenous cultures to articulate their political and artistic concerns. One significant aspect of indigenous culture explored in contemporary drama is the tradition of purification. What is purification and how is it effected in different traditional societies? What are the religious, political and artistic purposes of cleansing rites in such societies? How are the rites creatively appropriated to achieve socio-political ends in the selected plays? What lessons do the rites and the dramatized reality have for state re-construction in modem Nigeria? These are some of the pertinent questions that the chapter addresses. 2014-08-22T12:32:51Z 2018-10-27T14:59:17Z 2014-08-22T12:32:51Z 2018-10-27T14:59:17Z 2003 Book chapter Adeoti, Gbemisola Remi (2003). Traditional Cleansing Rites and State Reconstruction in Contemporary Nigerian Drama. In Ogundele, Wole and Adeoti, Gbemisola (eds.) IBA: essays on African literature in honour of Oyin Ogunba. Ile-Ife: Obafemi Awolowo University Press. http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2665 en PDF application/pdf Nigeria
spellingShingle Political Concerns
Artistic concerns
Tradition of purification
Dramatists
Playwrights
Adeoti, Gbemisola Remi
Traditional Cleansing Rites and State Reconstruction in Contemporary Nigerian Drama
title Traditional Cleansing Rites and State Reconstruction in Contemporary Nigerian Drama
title_full Traditional Cleansing Rites and State Reconstruction in Contemporary Nigerian Drama
title_fullStr Traditional Cleansing Rites and State Reconstruction in Contemporary Nigerian Drama
title_full_unstemmed Traditional Cleansing Rites and State Reconstruction in Contemporary Nigerian Drama
title_short Traditional Cleansing Rites and State Reconstruction in Contemporary Nigerian Drama
title_sort traditional cleansing rites and state reconstruction in contemporary nigerian drama
topic Political Concerns
Artistic concerns
Tradition of purification
Dramatists
Playwrights
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