Staging the Arctic 1819–1909 and 2014
Throughout the long nineteenth century and beyond, outside representations of the Arctic on stage have circulated a stereotypical image of the region. The two most long-standing emblems are ice and indigenous culture, and as commodity, the Arctic is identified as mystical, authentic, natural and pre...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:16e6da8045a9478cb04f7af45e920abb 2023-05-15T14:32:40+02:00 Staging the Arctic 1819–1909 and 2014 Heidi Hansson 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3425 https://doaj.org/article/16e6da8045a9478cb04f7af45e920abb EN NO eng nor Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3425 https://doaj.org/toc/0809-1668 https://doaj.org/toc/1503-2086 doi:10.7557/13.3425 0809-1668 1503-2086 https://doaj.org/article/16e6da8045a9478cb04f7af45e920abb Nordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur, Iss 35 (2015) Arctic Royal Arctic Theatre music hall musical comedy commodification long nineteenth century Norwegian literature PT8301-9155 article 2015 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3425 2022-12-31T00:58:02Z Throughout the long nineteenth century and beyond, outside representations of the Arctic on stage have circulated a stereotypical image of the region. The two most long-standing emblems are ice and indigenous culture, and as commodity, the Arctic is identified as mystical, authentic, natural and pre-modern. These images are circulated in popular, cultural events like theatre performances, panoramic displays, music hall shows, and musical comedy but their presence in a popular cultural context also contributes to destabilise the signifiers. At the best, theatre productions about the Arctic may produce a kind of history from below, including a cautious critique of the colonial project and the ideal of heroic masculinity. Their radical potential should not be overstated, however, since the historical meanings of the stereotypes even when they are being debunked. At least on stage, conventional images of the Arctic continue to dominate. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Nordlit 35 47 |
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Throughout the long nineteenth century and beyond, outside representations of the Arctic on stage have circulated a stereotypical image of the region. The two most long-standing emblems are ice and indigenous culture, and as commodity, the Arctic is identified as mystical, authentic, natural and pre-modern. These images are circulated in popular, cultural events like theatre performances, panoramic displays, music hall shows, and musical comedy but their presence in a popular cultural context also contributes to destabilise the signifiers. At the best, theatre productions about the Arctic may produce a kind of history from below, including a cautious critique of the colonial project and the ideal of heroic masculinity. Their radical potential should not be overstated, however, since the historical meanings of the stereotypes even when they are being debunked. At least on stage, conventional images of the Arctic continue to dominate. |
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