Encounters on Contested Lands : Indigenous Performances of Sovereignty and Nationhood in Québec / Julie Burelle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burelle, Julie, author.

Series:

Performance works.

Performance works

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decolonization--Quebec (Province)--History.

Decolonization.

Self-determination, National--Quebec (Province)--History.

Self-determination, National.

Indians of North America--Quebec (Province)--Politics and government.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Quebec (Province)--Government relations.

Indians of North America--Land tenure--Quebec (Province).

Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies--Political aspects--Quebec (Province)--Drama.

Indians of North America--Quebec (Province)--Ethnic identity--Drama.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 pages).

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2019.

Summary:

Encounters on Contested Lands analyzes films, plays, visual art, and protest marches by Indigenous artists in Quebec, Canada, to explore the performance of cultural identity, sovereignty, and nationhood in Quebec's independence movement--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Nation, spectacle, and colliding narratives

Neptune redux : the (First) Nation(s) enacted in Alexis Martin's Invention du chauffage central en Nouvelle-France

Les racines imaginaires/mythical metissages : Quebec and the ruse of the metis turn

Cinematic encounters on the reserve

Endurance/enduring performance : Nadia Myre, La Marche Amun, and the Indian Act's tumultuous geographies

Theater in contested lands : repatriating ancestors amid violence

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Revised and expanded version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of California, San Diego, 2014.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8101-3898-0

OCLC:

1076828863