Pacific Performances: Theatricality and Cross-Cultural Encounter in the South Seas

By Christopher Balme

Book Overview

This new study explores the history of cross-cultural performative encounters in the Pacific from the Eighteenth century to the present. It examines Western theatrical representations of Pacific cultures and investigates how Pacific Islanders used their own cultural performances to negotiate the colonial situation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 134954051X
• ISBN13: 9781349540518
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"