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History
This section explores the historical foundations of North African-Female Dramas. This section discusses key players in North African-Female Dramas. This section explores the North African -Female Dramas as strategies of resistance. This section explores new strategies of female performance in North Africa.
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North African drama immediately following the end of colonialism, rarely expressed the needs and concerns of women (Orlando, 2004)Specifically, in the case of North African drama women found themselves erased or not present at all in the performances. Particularly, women who perform in public in cultures where activity has traditionally been limited requires examination within the context of North African Drama. However, in North Africa exposing cultural norms through performance strategies holds great danger for women. The punishment ranges from being killed to ostracized. For this reason, performances written by North American women are scarce. The limited texts have huge historical and cultural value because they are written from marginalized positions on the borders of culture. Performance strategies are a powerful coping mechanisms (Orlando, 2004). Women who have a particular set of restraints placed on the materialization of their image may respond by manipulating these images to their advantage. North African -female playwrights employ performance strategies interrogate their social roles. More specifically they study the North African-female body as site of struggle for cultural meaning. Khristie
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