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Postcolonial Performance

Postcolonial Performance is a scholarly framework within intercultural performance studies that examines theatrical and performative practices through the critical lens of postcolonial theory, distinguishing itself by its focus on the legacies of colonialism, cultural hybridity, resistance, and the reclamation of indigenous and marginalized voices in global performance contexts.

231

Publications

10.3K

Citations

240

Authors

104

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

20

Variants

Postcolonial Performance Studies

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Publications

231

Cities of the dead: circum-Atlantic performance

Choice Reviews Online · 1996 · 1.8K citations

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Post-colonial Drama:Theory, Practice, Politics

Helen Gilbert, Joanne Tompkins, Gary Boire · Canadian Theatre Review · 1998 · 290 citations

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The Man-of-Words in the West Indies: Performance and the Emergence of Creole Culture.

John C. Messenger, Roger D. Abrahams · Man · 1984 · 285 citations

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Theatre at the Crossroads of Culture

Michael J. Quinn, Patrice Pavis, Loren Kruger · Theatre Journal · 1992 · 228 citations

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The politics of cultural practice: thinking through theatre in an age of globalization

Choice Reviews Online · 2001 · 199 citations

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Authors

240

  1. VE
    Veit Erlmann

    Max Planck Society, Germany

    5 publications · 442 citations

    5

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  2. DT
    Diana Taylor

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 62 citations

    3

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  3. NJ
    Nancy J. Schmidt

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    3 publications · 257 citations

    3

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  4. RB
    Rustom Bharucha

    3 publications · 353 citations

    3

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  5. DK
    David Kerr

    University of Botswana, Botswana

    3 publications · 103 citations

    3

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Institutions

104

  1. University of the Western Cape

    Cape Town, South Africa

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    307 citations

  2. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    80 citations

  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    240 citations

  4. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  5. Clark University

    Worcester, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  6. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    21 citations

  7. Queen Mary University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  8. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    23 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 23 publications · 3K citations

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  2. Theatre Journal

    11 publications · 680 citations

    10

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  3. TDR/The Drama Review

    8 publications · 172 citations

    8

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  5. Cultural Anthropology

    4 publications · 165 citations

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