Traditional Cleansing Rites and State Reconstruction in Contemporary Nigerian Drama

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dc.contributor.authorAdeoti, Gbemisola Remi
dc.coverage.geographicalNigeriaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-22T12:32:51Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-27T14:59:17Z
dc.date.available2014-08-22T12:32:51Z
dc.date.available2018-10-27T14:59:17Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.departmentEnglishen_US
dc.description.abstractSometimes, 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.en_US
dc.facultiesArtsen_US
dc.format.filetypePDFen_US
dc.identifier.citationAdeoti, 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.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2665
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.pages.totalpages11en_US
dc.subjectPolitical Concernsen_US
dc.subjectArtistic concernsen_US
dc.subjectTradition of purificationen_US
dc.subjectDramatistsen_US
dc.subjectPlaywrightsen_US
dc.titleTraditional Cleansing Rites and State Reconstruction in Contemporary Nigerian Dramaen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US
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