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Performing Turtle Island : Indigenous theatre on the world stage

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    University of Regina Press, 2019
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  • Author: Archibald-Barber, Jesse Rae
    Contributor: Day, Moira Jean; Irwin, Kathleen
    Date:
    Created
    2019
    Summary:

    Comprised of multidisciplinary and diverse perspectives, Performing Turtle Island considers theatre as a tool for community engagement, education, and resistance, and examines how communities in turn influence the construction of Indigenous identities through theatre. 

    Contents:
    • Introduction: perspectives on current practice / by Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber, Kathleen Irwin, Moira J. Day
    • Part I: critical self-representation in production and training
    • Stranger in a strange land: views from an Indigenous lens / by Michael Greyeyes
    • Making a movie: how to carry an elephant up a mountain / by Armand Garnet Ruffo
    • Decolonizing counterpoints: Indigenous perspectives and representations in classical music and opera / by Spy Dénommé-Welch and Catherine Magowan
    • Making our own bundle: philosophical reflections on Indigenous theatre education /
    Genre:
    Indigenous materials, Film, television and performing arts
    Subject(s): Indigenous peoples in literature | Theater | Canada | Canadian drama | Indigenous theater
    Original Publisher: Regina, Saskatchewan, University of Regina Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9780889776579, 0889776571, 9780889776586
    Collection(s)/Series: Prairie Indigenous Ebook Collection | Saskatchewan Book Awards 2020