Performing Indigenous Identities on the Contemporary Australian Stage : Land, People, Culture.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (207 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Mapping the field -- Conceptual frame -- Production -- Dramaturgy -- Reception -- References -- 1 Cultural and historical context -- Cultural relations in Australia -- Indigenous Australian ontologies and cultural practice -- A brief overview of Australian colonial history -- References -- 2 Contemporary Indigenous Australian theatre -- The beginnings -- Coming of age -- Maturing practice -- Autobiographical plays -- Stories of family -- Trauma and the female role model -- Romance -- Adaptations of classics -- Historiographical intervention -- Oppression -- Agency, tenacity and inclusion -- Relation to traditional formats -- References -- 3 Case study: Scott Rankin's Namatjira (2010) -- The Namatjira Project -- Production history -- Setting the scene -- Plot summary -- Analysis -- Colonial space: aesthetic approach -- Relational identity -- "Country": Aranda and Western ontologies -- Christianity -- Entrepreneurism -- Gender -- Conclusion -- Coda -- References -- 4 Case study: Wesley Enoch & -- Anita Heiss' I Am Eora (2012) -- Introduction -- The work of Wesley Enoch -- Production history -- Historical figures -- Setting the scene -- Plot summary -- Analysis -- "Nation": aesthetic approach -- "Country": configuring emplacement -- "People": formulating culture -- Temporalities -- Historiography -- Leadership -- Gender -- Conclusion -- References -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.
Over the past 50 years, Indigenous Australian theatre practice has emerged as a dynamic site for the discursive reflection of culture and tradition as well as colonial legacies, leveraging the power of storytelling to create and advocate contemporary fluid conceptions of Indigeneity.