Loss and Cultural Remains in Performance [electronic resource] : The Ghosts of the Franklin Expedition /
Davis-Fisch, Heather.author.
In 1845, John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition disappeared. The expedition left an archive of performative remains that entice one to consider the tension between material remains and memory and reflect on how substitution and surrogation work alongside mourning and melancholia as responses to loss.
Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--University of Guelph.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Jane Franklin's dress: archives and affect -- Disciplining nostalgia in the Navy; or, Harlequin in the arctic -- "The sly fox": reading indigenous presence -- Going native: "playing Inuit", "becoming savage", and acting out Franklin -- Aglooka's ghost: performing embodied memory -- The last resource: witnessing the cannibal scene -- The designated mourner: Charles Dickens stands in for Franklin -- Conclusion: Franklin remains.
In 1845, John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition disappeared. The expedition left an archive of performative remains that entice one to consider the tension between material remains and memory and reflect on how substitution and surrogation work alongside mourning and melancholia as responses to loss.
Ede, Charles, active 19th century.
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
John Franklin Arctic Expedition (1845-1851)
Theater—History.
Social history.
Theater.
Civilization—History.
World history.
Performing arts.
Theatre History.
Social History.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Cultural History.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Performing Arts.