Moving islands : contemporary performance and the global Pacific / Diana Looser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Looser, Diana, author.

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Series:

Theater--theory/text/performance

Theater: theory/text/performance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performing arts--Pacific Area--History and criticism.

Performing arts.

Theater--Pacific Area.

Theater.

Pacific Island drama--History and criticism.

Pacific Island drama.

Pacific Area.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Moving Islands reveals the international and intercultural connections within contemporary performance from Oceania, focusing on theater, performance art, art installations, dance, film, and activist performance in sites throughout Oceania and in Australia, Asia, North America, and Europe. Diana Looser's study moves beyond a predictable country-specific or island-specific focus to encompass an entire region defined by diversity and global exchange, showing how performance operates to frame social, artistic, and political relationships across widely dispersed locations. The study also demonstrates how Oceanian performance contributes to international debates about diaspora, indigeneity, urbanization, and environmental sustainability. The author considers the region's unique cultural and geographic dynamics as she brings forth the paradigm of transpasifika to suggest a way of understanding these intercultural exchanges and connections, with the aim to "rework the cartographic and disciplinary priorities of transpacific studies to privilege the activities of Islander peoples."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9780472128600

0472128604

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.