Remaking Pacific pasts : history, memory, and identity in contemporary theater from Oceania /
Looser, Diana,
Remaking Pacific pasts : history, memory, and identity in contemporary theater from Oceania / Diana Looser. - xiv, 305 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - Pacific Islands monograph series ; 28 . - Pacific islands monograph series no. 28. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-298) and index.
Introduction -- The drama and theatre of Oceania: an overview -- Remembering Captain Cook: restaging early cross-cultural encounters -- Revisiting "Tino Rangatiratanga in action": Māori theatrical interpretations of the New Zealand wars -- Re-enacting Hawaiʻi's history in the plays of Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl -- Killing the monster: reenvisioning the 1987 coups on the Fiji stage -- Epilogue.
Remaking Pacific Pasts makes valuable contributions to Pacific literature, world theater history, Pacific studies, and postcolonial studies. The book opens up to comparative critical discussion a geopolitical region that has received little attention from theater and performance scholars, extending our understanding of the form and function of theater in different cultural contexts. It enriches existing discussions in postcolonial studies about the decolonizing potential of literary and artistic endeavors, and it suggests how theater might function as a mode of historical enquiry and debate, adding to discussions about ways in which Pacific histories might be developed, challenged, or recalibrated. Consequently, the book stimulates new discussions in Pacific studies where theater has, to date, suffered from a lack of critical exposure -- From publisher's website.
9780824839765 0824839765
2013040570 2013040570
Pacific Island drama (English)--History and criticism
Pacific Island drama (French)--History and criticism
Historical drama, Pacific Island--History and criticism
Theater--Oceania
PR9645 / .L66 2014
792.0995
Remaking Pacific pasts : history, memory, and identity in contemporary theater from Oceania / Diana Looser. - xiv, 305 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - Pacific Islands monograph series ; 28 . - Pacific islands monograph series no. 28. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-298) and index.
Introduction -- The drama and theatre of Oceania: an overview -- Remembering Captain Cook: restaging early cross-cultural encounters -- Revisiting "Tino Rangatiratanga in action": Māori theatrical interpretations of the New Zealand wars -- Re-enacting Hawaiʻi's history in the plays of Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl -- Killing the monster: reenvisioning the 1987 coups on the Fiji stage -- Epilogue.
Remaking Pacific Pasts makes valuable contributions to Pacific literature, world theater history, Pacific studies, and postcolonial studies. The book opens up to comparative critical discussion a geopolitical region that has received little attention from theater and performance scholars, extending our understanding of the form and function of theater in different cultural contexts. It enriches existing discussions in postcolonial studies about the decolonizing potential of literary and artistic endeavors, and it suggests how theater might function as a mode of historical enquiry and debate, adding to discussions about ways in which Pacific histories might be developed, challenged, or recalibrated. Consequently, the book stimulates new discussions in Pacific studies where theater has, to date, suffered from a lack of critical exposure -- From publisher's website.
9780824839765 0824839765
2013040570 2013040570
Pacific Island drama (English)--History and criticism
Pacific Island drama (French)--History and criticism
Historical drama, Pacific Island--History and criticism
Theater--Oceania
PR9645 / .L66 2014
792.0995