Title Loss and cultural remains in performance : the ghosts of the Franklin Expedition / Heather Davis-Fisch

Published New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (x, 229 pages) : illustrations Series Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history. Contents Introduction: Jane Franklin's dress: archives and affect -- Disciplining nostalgia in the Navy; or, Harlequin in the arctic -- "The sly fox": reading indigenous presence -- Going native: "playing Inuit", "becoming savage", and acting out Franklin -- Aglooka's ghost: performing embodied memory -- The last resource: witnessing the cannibal scene -- The designated mourner: Charles Dickens stands in for Franklin -- Conclusion: Franklin remains Summary Argues that performance is a crucial way of understanding the affective intercultural impact of the disappearance of John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition in 1845 Notes Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Guelph Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-225) and index Notes Print version record Subject Ede, Charles, 1823-1912. Zero, or Harlequin light Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889. Frozen deep SUBJECT John Franklin Arctic Expedition (1845-1851) Frozen deep (Collins, Wilkie) fast Subject Search and rescue operations -- Northwest Territories Search and rescue operations -- Arctic regions. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Discoveries in geography Search and rescue operations SUBJECT Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration Subject Arctic Ocean -- Northwest Passage Arctic Regions Northwest Territories Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781137065995 1137065990 9780230340329 0230340326

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