Telling stories
Subtitle: Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander performance
By: Mayrose Casey
Series: Studies in indigenous history and culture / Australian Scholarly Publishing
Publisher: Australian Scholarly
Published: 2012
Place of publication: North Melbourne, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9781921875618
Subjects: Aboriginal Australians; Social life and customs; Torres Strait Islanders; Indigenous peoples; Communication; Intercultural communication in the performing arts
Description: Since the late eighteenth century, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander initiated performances have been an important part of cross cultural communication in Australia. This book investigates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander historical practices for performances for entertainment; how they adapted to colonisation and how these performance practices extend contemporary theatre. Based on interviews and detailed examinations of shows, this book sets out to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performance in the twentieth and twenty first centuries within the context of their historical performance practices for entertainment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [152]-173) and index.