Leo Africanus Discovers Comedy: Sixteenth Century Theatre Across the Mediterranean Divide

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TitleLeo Africanus Discovers Comedy: Sixteenth Century Theatre Across the Mediterranean Divide
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PIDvideo:1506
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ConferenceAmerican Philosophical Society Annual Meeting (2017)
speakerDavis, Natalie Zemon, 1928-
CONTENT DESCRIPTION
AbstractNatalie Davis discusses the theatrical traditions of the Arab Muslim world. She tells the story of Leo Africanus and Jacob Mantino and this encounter between two traditions of theatre and poetry in the early 16th century.
NoteFurther reading: Davis, N. Trickster Travels A Sixteenth-century Muslim Between Worlds. (Faber and Faber 2008)
LanguageEnglish (eng)
Subject (local) Ethnography & Linguistics
Subject (lcsh) Theater, History, 16th Century
Subject (lcsh) Leo, Africanus, approximately 1492-approximately 1550
Subject (lcsh) Mantino, Jacob, -1549?
Subject (local) APS Meeting Videos
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TypeMovingImage
GenreLecture
Formatvideorecording
Digital Originborn digitial
ORIGIN INFORMATION
Date Issued2017-04-27
PublisherAmerican Philosophical Society
PlacePhiladelphia, PA
PlaceUSA
PARENT COLLECTION
TitleAmerican Philosophical Society Archives. Series X.
Call NumberAPS.Archives
URLhttp://www.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives-ead.xml
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