Erin Hurley

National Performance

Representing Quebec from Expo 67 to Celine Dion

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Produktbeschreibung

Winner of the Northeast Modern Language Association's Book Prize, National Performance is sophisticated yet accessible, seeking to enlarge the parameters of what counts as 'Quebecois' performance, while providing a thorough introduction to changing discourses of nation-ness in Quebec.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9781442640955
• ISBN-10: 1442640952
• Artikelnr.: 28889456

Autorenporträt

Erin Hurley is a professor of drama and theatre in the Department of English at McGill University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface
1. Marginals, Metaphors and Mimesis National Construction: Quebec's
Modernity at Expo 67
2. National Reflection: Michel Tremblay's Les belles-soeursand le
nouveau théâtre québécois
3. National Simulation: Marco Micone's culture immigrée
4. National Metonymy: Arresting images in the devised works of Carbone
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5. National Affection: Céline Dion
Works Cited