Theatre and Political Process Staging Identities in Tokelau and New Zealand

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.

ISBN:	9781571815835
Publisher:	Berghahn Books
Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Published date:	01 Oct 2004
DEWEY:	306.440899946
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	205
Weight:	492g
Height:	241mm
Width:	164mm
Spine width:	21mm

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