Theater and Political Process: Staging Identities in Tokelau and New Zealand

Theater and Political Process: Staging Identities in Tokelau and New Zealand
ISBN-10
1789204232
ISBN-13
9781789204230
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
220
Language
English
Published
2004-10-01
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Author
Ingjerd Hoëm

Description

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.

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