Spiders of the Market, Enhanced Ebook

David Afriyie Donkor

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The Ghanaian trickster-spider, Ananse, is a deceptive figure full of comic delight who blurs the lines of class, politics, and morality. David Afriyie Donkor identifies social performance as a way to understand trickster behavior within the shifting process of political legitimization in Ghana, revealing stories that exploit the social ideologies of economic neoliberalism and political democratization. At the level of policy, neither ideology was completely successful, but Donkor shows how the Ghanaian government was crafty in selling the ideas to the people, adapting trickster-rooted performance techniques to reinterpret citizenship and the common good. Trickster performers rebelled against this takeover of their art and sought new ways to out trick the tricksters.

Introduction
1. From State to Market: The History of a Social Compact
2. Once Upon a Spider: Ananse and the Counterhegemonic Trickster Ethos
3. Selling the President: Stand-Up Comedy and the Politricks of Endorsement
4. Ma Red's Maneuvers: Popular Theater and "Progressive" Culture
5. In the House of Stories: Village Aspirations and Heritage Tourism
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Sujets

• African Studies
• Theater
• MUSIC
• Theatre
• Multiple signal classification
• General officer
• Ethnomusicology
• General

Informations

• Publié par: Indiana University Press
• Date de parution: 11 juillet 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780253026040
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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SPIDERS OF THE MARKET
AFRICAN EXPRESSIVE CULTURES
Patrick McNaughton, editor
Associate editors
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Barbara G. Hoffman
Eileen Julien
Kassim Koné
D. A. Masolo
Elisha Renne
Zoë Strother
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SPIDERS of the MARKET
GHANAIAN TRICKSTER PERFORMANCE in a WEB OF NEOLIBERALISM
DAVID AFRIYIE DONKOR
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Bloomington and Indianapolis
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To my mother, Juliana “Sisi Awo” Donkor (1933–2014)
And that, my people, is how Kwaku Ananse, the spider . . . came into possession of this story. There are those of you who may say he came to it by trickery. I prefer to call it, the fine art of negotiation.
Sandra Jackson Opoku, The River Where Blood Is Born
CONTENTS
Ethnomusicology Multimedia Series Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. From State to Market: The History of a Social Compact
2. Once upon a Spider: Ananse and the Counterhegemonic Trickster Ethos
3. Selling the President: Stand-Up Comedy and the Politricks of Endorsement
4. Ma Red’s Maneuvers: Popular Theater and “Progressive” Culture
5. In the House of Stories: Village Aspirations and Heritage Tourism
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
ETHNOMUSICOLOGY MULTIMEDIA SERIES PREFACE
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Chapter 3
PURL 3.1 | Okalla in full comedic mode at the more recent 2012 NDC rally, dressed in both national and party colors. http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/Donkor/910426
PURL 3.2 | Okalla performing at the Kumasi Cultural Center. YouTube video. http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/Donkor/910420
PURL 3.3 | Okalla opening for the Omintimum Concert Party Troupe at the Ghana National Theatre. YouTube video. http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/Donkor/910421
PURL 3.4 | Okalla singing parodies at a live outdoor show. YouTube video. http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/Donkor/910422
PURL 3.5 | Okalla telling jokes and singing parodies at a live outdoor show. YouTube video. http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/Donkor/910423
Chapter 4
PURL 4.1 | Afutuo , from the opening song to the death of Asantewa. King Karo rehearsing at the Accra Arts Center. Videorecording by Daniel Peltz (2001). http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/Donkor/910405
PURL 4.2 | Afutuo , from Ma Red’s illness to the closing song. King Karo rehearsing at the Accra Arts Center. Videorecording by Daniel Peltz (2001). http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/Donkor/910406
Chapter 5
PURL 5.1 | Opening chorus—storytelling session. Ekumfi-Atwia players performing at the Kodzidan. Videorecording by David Donkor (1999). http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/Donkor/910412
PURL 5.2 | “Co-wife rivalry” story—from the storyteller’s opening disclaimer to the “lizard-catcher’s” interlude. Ekumfi-Atwia players performing at the Kodzidan. Videorecording by David Donkor (1999). http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/Donkor/910409
PURL 5.3 | “Co-wife rivalry” story—from end of the “lizard-catcher’s” interlude to the “Mansa” song. Ekumfi-Atwia players performing at the Kodzidan. Videorecording by David Donkor (1999). http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/Donkor/910410
PURL 5.4 | “Co-wife rivalry” story—from the end of the “Mansa” song to the “itch affliction” interlude. Ekumfi-Atwia players performing at the Kodzidan. Videorecording by David Donkor (1999). http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/Donkor/910414
PURL 5.5 | “Co-wife rivalry” story—from the end of the “itch affliction” interlude to the riddle-poem/dance. Ekumfi-Atwia players performing at the Kodzidan. Videorecording by David Donkor (1999). http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/Donkor/910415
PURL 5.6 | “Co-wife rivalry” story—from the end of the riddle-poem/dance to the storyteller’s closing declamation. Ekumfi-Atwia players performing at the Kodzidan. Videorecording by David Donkor (1999). http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/Donkor/910416
PURL 5.7 | “Dissatisfied elder” skit-storytelling intermission. Ekumfi-Atwia players performing at the Kodzidan. Videorecording by David Donkor (1999). http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/Donkor/910417
PURL 5.8 | “Tree Bear” story—from the storyteller’s opening disclaimer to the “poverty has ravished me” interlude. Ekumfi-Atwia players performing at the Kodzidan. Videorecording by David Donkor (1999). http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/em/Donkor/910418
PURL 5.9 | “Tree Bear” story—from the end of the “poverty has ravished me&