Theater and Political Process

Staging Identities in Tokelau and New Zealand

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

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Beskrivning

The Argonauts in the Pacific, famous through Malinowski's work, have not been exempt from general historical developments in the world around them. By focusing on two plays performed by the Tokelau Te Ata, a theater group, the author reveals the self-perceptions of the Tokelau and highlights the dynamic relationship between issues of representation and political processes such as nation building, infrastructural changes and increased regional migration. It is through an analysis of communicative practices, which the author carried out in the home atolls and in the diasporic communities in New Zealand, that we arrive at a proper understanding of how global processes affect local institutions and everyday interaction.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-11-18
Mått:152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt:490 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:220
Förlag:Berghahn Books, Incorporated
ISBN:9781571815835

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Teater inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Ingjerd Hoëm is Head of the Institute for Pacific Archaeology and Cultural History, Kon-Tiki Museum.

Recensioner i media

“…succeeds admirably as an investigation into the experiences and effects of migration and displacement on social and political structures of a Polynesian society in the late 20th century conveyed through forms of expressive culture.” · Ethnos“Hoëm’s ethnography is sure-footed, subtle and comprehensive, and has the additional virtue of being backed by a considerable body of primary texts…a valuable contribution to the understanding of Tokelau culture in its various manifestations as well as of some of the processes by which social changes are continuously negotiated.” · The Journal of the Polynesian Society"The book is …rich in discussions of Pacific anthropologists and theories of space and migration, but I feel that it stands out as a deeply humane and informative ethnography of the Tokelau people and their self-presentation in the modern Pacific." · JRAI

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. Staging IdentitiesChapter 2. Political Activism: New Media and Arenas of LeadershipChapter 3. Learning a Sense of PlaceChapter 4. A Sense of Place in NarrativeChapter 5. Social SpacesEpilogueAppendixBibliographyIndex