In the Balance - Indigeneity, Performance, Globalization

Ethical touchstone or thorny complication, indigeneity matters in global debates about natural resources, heritage, governance, belonging and social justice. Through film, music, endurance performance, exhibitions and repatriation practices, as well as the deft appropriation of hip-hop, karaoke and reality TV, indigenous arts are the vanguard in communicating what is now at stake in globalization.

About the author

Helen Gilbert is Professor of Theatre at Royal Holloway University of London, and visiting Humboldt fellow at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Munich.

J.D. Phillipson is an independent scholar and theatre artist based in London.

Michelle H. Raheja is Associate Professor in the Department of English and Director of the California Center for Native Nations at the University of California, Riverside.

Summary

Ethical touchstone or thorny complication, indigeneity matters in global debates about natural resources, heritage, governance, belonging and social justice. Through film, music, endurance performance, exhibitions and repatriation practices, as well as the deft appropriation of hip-hop, karaoke and reality TV, indigenous arts are the vanguard in communicating what is now at stake in globalization.

Product details

• Authors: Helen Gilbert, Helen Phillipson Gilbert, Professor Helen (Department of Drama Gilbert
• Assisted by: Helen Gilbert (Editor), Professor Helen (Department of Drama Gilbert (Editor), Michelle H. Raheja (Editor), J. D. Phillipson (Editor), Michelle H. Raheja (Editor), Professor Michelle H. (Department of English Raheja (Editor)
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.10.2017, delayed
• EAN: 9781786940346
• ISBN: 978-1-78694-034-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Kunst, allgemein, Film, Kino, Art & Art Instruction, ART / Film & Video, ART / Popular Culture, ART / Performance