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Author Burelle, Julie

Title Encounters on Contested Lands : Indigenous Performances of Sovereignty and Nationhood in Québec
Published Chicago : Northwestern University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (228 pages)
Series Performance Works
Performance works.
Contents Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Nation, Spectacle, and Colliding Narratives; Chapter 1. Neptune Redux: The (First) Nation(s) Enacted in Alexis Martin's Invention du chauffage central en Nouvelle-France; Chapter 2. Les Racines Imaginaires/Mythical Métissages: Québec and the Ruse of the Métis Turn; Chapter 3. Cinematic Encounters on the Reserve; Chapter 4. Endurance/Enduring Performance: Nadia Myre, La Marche Amun, and the Indian Act's Tumultuous Geographies; Chapter 5. Theater in Contested Lands: Repatriating Ancestors amid Violence; Conclusion; Notes; Index
Summary Encounters on Contested Lands analyzes films, plays, visual art, and protest marches by Indigenous artists in Québec, Canada, to explore the performance of cultural identity, sovereignty, and nationhood in Québec's independence movement--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Indians of North America -- Québec (Province) -- Ethnic identity -- Drama
Indians of North America -- Rites and ceremonies -- Political aspects -- Québec (Province) -- Drama
Indians of North America -- Land tenure -- Québec (Province)
Indians of North America -- Québec (Province) -- Government relations
Indians of North America -- Québec (Province) -- Politics and government
Self-determination, National -- Québec (Province) -- History
Decolonization -- Québec (Province) -- History
Decolonization
Indians of North America -- Ethnic identity
Indians of North America -- Government relations
Indians of North America -- Land tenure
Indians of North America -- Politics and government
Self-determination, National
Québec
Genre/Form Drama
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780810138988
0810138980