Performing Urban Social Realities in Contemporary Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorBarasa, Violet Nasambu
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-21T07:48:31Z
dc.date.available2020-10-21T07:48:31Z
dc.date.issued2020-05
dc.description.abstractThis article examines class dynamics in Kenya’s urban cities using television theatre episodes that dramatise the interaction between marginalised and privileged citizens. In the main, the analysis in the article focuses on selected Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) television theatre texts. Through a critical examination of Siku ya kimataifa ya mtoto Mwafrika (The International Day of the African child), and Marehemu Ocholla (The late Ocholla), both episodes of Vioja Mahakamani (incidents/drama in the courtroom) aired on KBC, the paper postulates that the different social classes advanced in the texts represent the everyday struggles that sections of city dwellers grapple with partly because of their class positioning. In addition, the article holds that the marginalisation of a majority of urban dwellers, such as street children, predispose them to crime and other anti-social behaviour as the only means to survive in the city.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23277408.2020.1768323
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12342/1007
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Online, Journal Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studiesen_US
dc.subjectperformanceen_US
dc.subjecturban realitiesen_US
dc.subjectsocial classesen_US
dc.subjectcrimeen_US
dc.subjectdelinquentsen_US
dc.subjectpovertyen_US
dc.titlePerforming Urban Social Realities in Contemporary Kenyaen_US
dc.title.alternativeA Reading of episodes of Vioja Mahakamanien_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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