| Description |
1 online resource (xxxvii, 233 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: perspectives on current practice / by Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber, Kathleen Irwin, Moira J. Day -- Part I: critical self-representation in production and training -- Stranger in a strange land: views from an Indigenous lens / by Michael Greyeyes -- Making a movie: how to carry an elephant up a mountain / by Armand Garnet Ruffo -- Decolonizing counterpoints: Indigenous perspectives and representations in classical music and opera / by Spy Dénommé-Welch and Catherine Magowan -- Making our own bundle: philosophical reflections on Indigenous theatre education / by Carol Greyeyes -- Conversation with Daniel David Moses, August 2016 / by Annie Smith and Daniel David Moses -- Part II: performance in dialogue with the text -- Performing the bingo game in Tomson Highway's The rez sisters / by Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber -- A prayer for Rita Joe / by Yvette Nolan -- Cradling space: towards an Indigenous dramaturgy on Turtle Island / by Dione Joseph -- Standing with Sky Woman: a conversation on cultural fluency / by Kahente Horn-Miller -- Resurgence, recognition, and remaining settled through changes at UpFront '91 / by Megan Davies -- Coda: the dream of an impossible theatre -- Red people, red magic / by Floyd P. Favel -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Index |
| Summary |
"Comprised of multidisciplinary and diverse perspectives, Performing Turtle Island considers theatre as a tool for community engagement, education, and resistance, and examines how communities in turn influence the construction of Indigenous identities through theatre. Contributors: Megan Davies - York University; Spy Dénommé-Welch - Brock University; Floyd Favel - Poundmaker First Nation; Carol Greyeyes - University of Saskatchewan; Michael Greyeyes - Muskeg Lake First Nation; Kahente Horn-Miller - Carleton University; Dione Joseph - Onehunga, New Zealand; Catherine Magowan - Hamilton, ON; Daniel David Moses - Queen's University; Yvette Nolan - University of Saskatchewan; Armand Ruffo - Sagamok Ojibway and Chapleau Cree Fox Lake First Nations, Queen's University; Annie Smith - Grand Prairie Regional College."-- Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
Auteurs autochtones |
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Autochtones dans la littérature |
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Canada |
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Canadian drama |
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Histoire |
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Histoire et critique |
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History and criticism |
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Indigenous peoples in literature |
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Native authors |
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Native peoples in literature |
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Native theater |
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Théâtre |
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Théâtre autochtone |
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Théâtre canadien |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Indigenous peoples in literature.
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Canadian drama -- History and criticism
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Theater -- Canada -- History
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Indian theater -- Canada
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ART / Performance.
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Theater
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Indian theater
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Canadian drama
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Indigenous peoples in literature
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Canada
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Archibald-Barber, Jesse Rae, 1972- editor.
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Irwin, Kathleen, editor.
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Day, Moira Jean, 1953- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780889776586 |
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0889776571 |
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088977658X |
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9780889776579 |
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