C. Balme
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 2006
9781349540518
Pacific Performances
Theatricality and Cross-Cultural Encounter in the South Seas
Specificaties
Paperback, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
2006
ISBN13: 9781349540518
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Studies in International Performance
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden
Samenvatting
This new study explores the history of cross-cultural performative encounters in the Pacific from the Eighteenth century to the present. It examines Western theatrical representations of Pacific cultures and investigates how Pacific Islanders used their own cultural performances to negotiate the colonial situation.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781349540518
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Inhoudsopgave
List of Illustrations Preface Introduction Pacific Overtures; Trumpets, Beaches, and Women Staged Authenticity; The South Seas and European Theatre, 1785-1830 Comedians and Crusaders; Anti-Theatrical Prejudice in the South Seas Dressing the Hulas and Taming the Haka; Performing Identity in Hawaii and New Zealand Kindred Spirits; Spectacles of Samoa in Wilhelminian Germany Birds of Paradise; American-Pacific Dramas of Displacement 'As You Always Imagined It': The Pacific as Tourist Spectacle Translocations and Transgressions; The Postcolonial Pacific Bibliography Index