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Theater and Political Process: Staging Identities in Tokelau and New Zealand

Hoëm, Ingjerd

 
9781571815835: Theater and Political Process: Staging Identities in Tokelau and New Zealand
ISBN 10: 157181583X ISBN 13: 9781571815835
Publisher: Berghahn Books, 2004

Synopsis

The Argonauts in the Pacific, famous through Malinowski's work, have not been exempt from general historical developments in the world around them. By focusing on two plays performed by the Tokelau Te Ata, a theater group, the author reveals the self-perceptions of the Tokelau and highlights the dynamic relationship between issues of representation and political processes such as nation building, infrastructural changes and increased regional migration. It is through an analysis of communicative practices, which the author carried out in the home atolls and in the diasporic communities in New Zealand, that we arrive at a proper understanding of how global processes affect local institutions and everyday interaction.

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About the Author

Ingjerd Hoëm is Head of the Institute for Pacific Archaeology and Cultural History, Kon-Tiki Museum.

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Publisher
Berghahn Books
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
157181583X
ISBN 13 
9781571815835
Binding
Library Binding
Edition number
1
Number of pages
220