Marianne Schultz

Gebundenes Buch

Performing Indigenous Culture on Stage and Screen

A Harmony of Frenzy

Beschreibung

An insightful examination of New Zealand performing arts via case studies of drama, music, and dance, this book highlights indigenous cultures of the past to provide a new interpretation of the development of New Zealand's cultural history and the relationships between M?ori and non-M?ori.

Autor

Marianne Schultz is Honorary Research Fellow in History at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and is the Auckland Advisor for DANZ- Dance Aotearoa New Zealand. Marianne danced professionally in the United States and New Zealand and has taught for numerous companies and schools. Her articles and chapters on dance and the performing arts have appeared in Theatre Journal, Dance Research, Melbourne Historical Journal, New Zealand Journal of History, Brolga, Te Ara/ the Encyclopedia of NZ, Moving Oceans: Celebrating Dance in the South Pacific, and Staging the Other in Nineteenth-Century British Drama.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-59599-7
• 1st edition 2016
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9781137595997
• ISBN-10: 113759599X
• Artikelnr.: 43776399

Rezensionen

"In Performing Indigenous Culture on Stage and Screen: A Harmony of Frenzy, Marianne Schultz argues that performance is central to understanding the history of New Zealand ... the book pushes the conversation about cultural performance forward and succeeds in making her point that understanding New Zealand's history requires an examination of Maori and Pakeha performance. Her approach will be particularly helpful to scholars interested in researching how embodied cultural practices shaped conceptions of race and nation ... ." (Joanna Das, H-ANZAU, H-Net Reviews, May, 2018)

"Schultz's analysis is as comprehensive as it is impressive. Readers will appreciate the meticulous care taken in the footnotes (many of which will prompt readers to take Schultz's ideas further). Moreover, by bringing readers to more contemporary performing arts ... Schultz reminds us that the questions that lay at the heart of her text remain open and subject to our continued interrogation. ... Schultz's book is a valuable contribution that nudges historical and post-colonial debate in New Zealand ... ." (Geoffery Z. Kohe, Dance Research Journal, Vol. 36 (01), 2018)