| Abstract: | Twice a year in the region of Segou, central Mali, communities put aside daily routines to observe and participate in elaborate puppet masquerades produced by local youth associations. The author describes this vibrant West African theatre tradition from the interrelated vantage points of the players, the audiences, and the artists who make the masquerades and puppets. Basing her work on current theory in anthropology, art and performance studies, she examines in depth the processes by which Malians create an affective and dramatic vehicle that expresses their individual, social and historical identities. This book, which is based on research conducted in Kirango, a community northeast of Segou city, from 1978 onwards, is divided into two parts. The first three chapters concentrate on the puppet masquerade as an artistic event and a performance process. The last two chapters shift the discussion to the production of meaning in the theatre. |
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