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Performing identities on the stages of Quebec

Title
Performing identities on the stages of Quebec / Jill Mac Dougall.
Author
Mac Dougall, Jill R., 1942-
Publication
New York : Peter Lang, [1997], ©1997.

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x, 231 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
  • "Performing Identities on the Stages of Quebec explores the poetics and politics of Quebecois identity. Considering the stage as a metaphor of virtual communities and performance as a privileged moment of collective identity rituals, this study centers on three productions from the national, local, and international stages: the Saint Jean or national holiday; Salut vieille branche! a street-theatre parody on genealogical roots; Tectonic Plates, a bicontinental work in progress.
  • Through multiple voices and theatrical framings, these performances from quebec address the problem of minority nationalism at the close of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
Francophone cultures and literatures, 1077-0186 ; v. 15
Uniform Title
Francophone cultures and literatures ; v. 15.
Subject
  • Lepage, Robert, 1957-
  • Plaques tectoniques/Tectonic plates
  • Theater > Québec (Province) > History > 20th century
  • Theater > Political aspects > Québec (Province)
  • John the Baptist's Day > Québec (Province)
  • Street theater > Québec
  • Nationalism > Québec (Province)
  • Théâtre > Québec (Province) > Histoire > 20e siècle
  • Théâtre > Aspect politique > Québec (Province)
  • Théâtre de rue > Québec (Province)
  • Nationalisme > Québec (Province)
  • Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Fête) > Québec (Province)
  • Siglo XX
  • Québec (Provincia)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-226) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Ceci est a l'exterieur... but this is INSIDE -- I. Performing the Dream State: La Saint Jean/National Holiday. 1. Pagans, Priests, Politicians, and Poets. 2. At the Gates of the Country -- II. Of Commodities and Kin: Salut Vielle Branche! A Street Comedy in Old Quebec. 3. Overtures. 4. Archetypes and Ideologies for Sale -- III. Tectonic Plates: Plaques tectoniques A Bicontinental Work in Progress. 5. Journeys. 6. Geopoetics/Geopolitics. Epilogue: Neverendum.
ISBN
0820430048 (alk. paper)
LCCN
95022893
OCLC
  • ocm33080031
  • SCSB-4249709
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries