Pacific Performances : Theatricality and Cross-Cultural Encounter in the South Seas
by
C. Balme
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Studies in International Performance
ISBN-10
1403985987
ISBN-13
9781403985989
Publisher
Palgrave USA
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 14th, 2006
Print length
256 Pages
Product Classification:
Theatre studiesTheatre studiesPlays, playscriptsPlays, playscripts, drama
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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.
Incorporating the very latest approaches to performance studies, this new study by Christopher Balme explores the history of cross-cultural performative encounters in the Pacific from the eighteenth-century to the present. Using the concept of theatricality, it examines both the performance cultures of Pacific peoples as they negotiated the colonial situation and Western theatrical representations. The material investigated ranges from eighteenth-century pantomimes to Broadway plays and musicals; ethnographic spectacles and colonial ceremonies rub shoulders with contemporary tourist theme parks and Samoan stand-up comedy.
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