1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990002869720203316

Autore

MEERSCH, Maxence : van der

Titolo

L' élu : roman / Maxence Van der Meersch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris : A. Michel, [c.1937]

Descrizione fisica

253 p. ; 19 cm

Collocazione

XV.5. 268

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910972879603321

Autore

Thurow Susanne Julia

Titolo

Performing indigenous identities on the contemporary Australian stage : land, people, culture / / Susanne Julia Thurow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2019

ISBN

1-000-68218-8

1-000-68148-3

0-429-28148-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 pages)

Disciplina

792.0899915

Soggetti

Theater, Aboriginal Australian - History - 20th century

Theater, Aboriginal Australian - History - 21st century

Australian drama - Aboriginal Australian authors - History and criticism

Aboriginal Australians in literature

Performing arts - Theatre and drama

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cultural and historical context -- Contemporary indigenous Australian



theatre -- Case study: Scott Rankin's Namatjira (2010) -- Case study: Wesley Enoch & Anita Heiss' I am Eora (2012) -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

"Over the past 50 years, Indigenous Australian theatre practice has emerged as a dynamic site for the discursive reflection of culture and tradition as well as colonial legacies, leveraging the power of storytelling to create and advocate contemporary fluid conceptions of Indigeneity. Performing Indigenous Identities on the Contemporary Australian Stage offers a window into the history and diversity of this vigorous practice. It introduces the reader to cornerstones of Indigenous Australian cultural frameworks and on this backdrop discusses a wealth of plays in light of their responses to contemporary Australian identity politics. The in-depth readings of two landmark theatre productions, Scott Rankin's Namatjira (2010) and Wesley Enoch & Anita Heiss' I Am Eora (2012), trace the artists' engagement with questions of community consolidation and national reconciliation, carefully considering the implications of their propositions for identity work arising from the translation of traditional ontologies into contemporary orientations. The analyses of the dramatic texts are incrementally enriched by a dense reflection of the production and reception contexts of the plays, providing an expanded framework for the critical consideration of contemporary postcolonial theatre practice that allows for a well-founded appreciation of the strengths yet also pointing to the limitations of current representative approaches on the Australian mainstage. This study will be of great interest to students and scholars of Postcolonial, Literary, Performance and Theatre Studies"--