Title Information
Title
Performing the Legacy of War in Uganda
Name: Personal
Name Part
Mulekwa, Charles
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creator
Origin Information
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2012
Physical Description
Extent
xiv, 313 p.
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born digital
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Thesis (Ph.D. -- Brown University (2012)
Name: Personal
Name Part
Emigh, John
Role
Role Term: Text
Director
Name: Personal
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Ybarra, Patricia
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Reader
Name: Personal
Name Part
George, Olakunle
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Bogues, Barrymore
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Reader
Name: Corporate
Name Part
Brown University. Theatre Studies
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sponsor
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theses
Subject
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Theatre
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Topic
National Theatre
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Stage
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State
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Topic
Song
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Topic
War
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Northern Uganda
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Luo
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Buganda
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Topic
Southern Uganda
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Topic
Colonial Era
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Topic
Colonialism
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Topic
Shakespearean
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Topic
Syncretism
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Topic
Fate
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Topic
Uhuru/Independence
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Topic
Postcolonial
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Topic
Ruler
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Topic
Agency
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Topic
Image
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Topic
Home
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Topic
Epistemic
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Topic
Coup
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Topic
Crisis
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Topic
Rebellion
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Topic
Resistance
Subject
Topic
Fire
Subject
Topic
Displacement
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Topic
Repression
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Topic
Mirth
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Topic
Citizen
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Topic
AK-47
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Topic
Night Commuters
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Topic
Point of View
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Topic
Winds of Change
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Topic
European
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Topic
Western World
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Topic
African
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Topic
Diaspora
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Topic
Politics
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Culture.
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Topic
Performance
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Topic
Drama
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Topic
Playwriting
Subject (FAST) (authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast", valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1066938")
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Play
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Theater
Subject (FAST) (authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast", valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1403418")
Topic
Legacy
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World politics
Subject (FAST) (authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast", valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1073032")
Topic
Postcolonialism
Subject (FAST) (authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast", valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1098241")
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Ritual
Subject (FAST) (authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast", valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1151043")
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Time
Subject (FAST) (authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast", valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/826418")
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Bananas
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Exile
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Violence
Subject (FAST) (authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast", valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1055758")
Topic
Peace
Subject (FAST) (authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast", valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/960068")
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Hope
Subject (FAST) (authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast", valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/854835")
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Children
Subject (FAST) (authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast", valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1096737")
Topic
Revolutions
Subject (FAST) (authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast", valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1202283")
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Hegemony
Subject (FAST) (authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast", valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/981129")
Topic
Jails
Subject (FAST) (authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast", valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1029781")
Topic
Murder
Subject (FAST) (authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast", valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1069448")
Topic
Political persecution
Subject (FAST) (authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast", valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1118516")
Topic
Silence
Subject (FAST) (authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast", valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/854677")
Topic
Child soldiers
Subject (FAST) (authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast", valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/794038")
Topic
AK-47 rifle
Subject (FAST) (authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast", valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/943532")
Topic
Globalization
Subject (FAST) (authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast", valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628")
Topic
History
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Topic
Political science
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Topic
Culture
Subject (FAST) (authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast", valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1210282")
Geographic
Uganda
Subject (FAST) (authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast", valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1210323")
Geographic
Uganda--Buganda
Subject (FAST) (authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast", valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1302083")
Geographic
Western countries
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Record Creation Date (encoding="iso8601")
20121023
Language
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eng
Language Term: Text
English
Abstract
This Dissertation explores the interaction of performance and warfare in the framework of colonial and post-colonial times. The issues in question unfold in relationship with political history, but are in fact bound by Ugandan playwriting, theatre, and performance practices, with a focus on 1962-2010. Although a number of dramatists draw from the colonial encounter for present day cultural expression, syncretism is at the heart of self-definition in post-colonial Ugandan society. The thesis examines the works of a range of home-bred, as well as Diaspora Ugandan dramatists such as Sam Okello, Kenneth Kimuli, Okot p’Bitek, Byron Kawadwa, John Ruganda, George Seremba, Rose Mbowa, Alex Mukulu, and Ntare Mwine to argue that since Independence from British rule, Uganda has been hostage to a legacy of war – a post-colonial nation spiraling in a state of ruthless power contestations, with violence of various degrees. Inevitably, the history informs many of the plays and the plays become a part of the history. The dramatic works studied embody the hard realities as well as subjunctive version of post-colonial Ugandan cultural and political aspirations. Theoretical projects of African as well as European/Western thinking inform the story, but ultimately it focuses on Ugandan society: 1962-2010. The narrative and analysis of content found in this dissertation represents my rendezvous with Ugandan performance vis a vis the legacy of war. The narrative will explore how performance articulates war and warfare engages with performance on a historical, political and cultural scale. The “emic” and “etic” strands of thought guide the analysis; the former refers to insider and the latter outsider information/response/action/ reaction. Most of the plays are “emic” and a fair amount of the theory is “etic.” Each chapter represents a different time-frame in Ugandan political history, in terms of (the ever shifting) paradigms of playwriting, theatre, and performance.<br/>
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10.7301/Z0XS5SQ6
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