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Transgressive Itineraries

By Marc Maufort

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Transgressive Itineraries

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The fast-growing body of postcolonial drama is progressively gaining its just recognition in the twentieth-century canon of English-language plays. From the vantage point of various samplings along the Trans-Pacific axis linking English Canada, Australia and New Zealand, this monograph seeks to document the significance of this emerging postcolonial theater. More specifically, it examines the myriad ways in which, over the last two decades, representative mainstream, ethnic and First Nations playwrights have dramatized Europe's «Other» in its multiple guises. In their efforts to match new content with innovative form, these artists have followed transgressive itineraries, redrawing the boundaries of conventional Western stage realism. Their new aesthetics often relies on techniques akin to Homi Bhabha's notions of hybridity and mimicry. The present study offers detailed analyses of the modes of hybridization through which Judith Thompson, Louis Nowra, Tomson Highway, Jack Davis, Hone Kouka, and other prominent writers have articulated subtle forms of psychic, grotesque, and mythic magic realism. Their legacy will undoubtedly affect the postcolonial dramaturgies of the twenty-first century.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
3
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
2006-08-18
Publication Date:
2006-08-18
Publisher:
Peter Lang
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
9052011788
ISBN13:
9789052011783
Weight:
357 g
Height:
150 cm
Width:
220 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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