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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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-102670 2023-10-09T21:47:55+02:00 Staging the Arctic 1819-1909 and 2014 Hansson, Heidi 2015 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-102670 https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3425 eng eng Umeå universitet, Institutionen för språkstudier Umeå universitet, Arktiskt centrum vid Umeå universitet (Arcum) Nordlit, 0809-1668, 2015, 35, s. 47-62 orcid:0000-0003-4960-3251 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-102670 doi:10.7557/13.3425 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Arctic Royal Arctic Theatre music hall musical comedy commodification long nineteenth century heroic ideal General Literature Studies Litteraturvetenskap Specific Literatures Litteraturstudier Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2015 ftumeauniv https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3425 2023-09-22T13:55:14Z 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. Arctic Modernities Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) 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. Arctic Modernities |
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