Representations of the Inuit: From Other to Self

This essay compares the representation of Inuit people and culture in five plays by non-Inuit, southern playwrights and three plays by Inuit in an effort to trace the construction of identity and the gaze in the context of writing for the theatre. Considered in chronological sequence, these eight pl...

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Main Author: Grace, Sherrill
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Toronto 2000
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spelling ftuninewbrunojs:oai:ojs.journals.lib.unb.ca:article/12647 2023-05-15T16:54:09+02:00 Representations of the Inuit: From Other to Self Grace, Sherrill 2000-01-01 text/html https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/TRIC/article/view/12647 eng eng Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Toronto https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/TRIC/article/view/12647/13534 https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/TRIC/article/view/12647 Copyright (c) 2015 Theatre Research in Canada / Recherches théâtrales au Canada Theatre Research in Canada / Recherches théâtrales au Canada; Volume 21 Number 1 / Spring 2000 1913-9101 1196-1198 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2000 ftuninewbrunojs 2022-07-11T11:51:01Z This essay compares the representation of Inuit people and culture in five plays by non-Inuit, southern playwrights and three plays by Inuit in an effort to trace the construction of identity and the gaze in the context of writing for the theatre. Considered in chronological sequence, these eight plays demonstrate some of the important shifts in representation and ideological investment that occurred between 1967 and 1986. Cet article compare la représentation du peuple inuit et de leur culture dans cinq pièces écrites par des auteurs non-Inuits du sud et trois par des Inuits, dans un effort de retrouver la création de l'identité et du regard dans le contexte de l'écriture théâtrale. Examinées chronologiquement, ces huit oeuvres presentent quelques-uns des mouvements importants, dans le cadre de la représentation et de l'ideologie, qui se sont déroulés entre 1967 et 1986. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuit inuits University of New Brunswick: Centre for Digital Scholarship Journals
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description This essay compares the representation of Inuit people and culture in five plays by non-Inuit, southern playwrights and three plays by Inuit in an effort to trace the construction of identity and the gaze in the context of writing for the theatre. Considered in chronological sequence, these eight plays demonstrate some of the important shifts in representation and ideological investment that occurred between 1967 and 1986. Cet article compare la représentation du peuple inuit et de leur culture dans cinq pièces écrites par des auteurs non-Inuits du sud et trois par des Inuits, dans un effort de retrouver la création de l'identité et du regard dans le contexte de l'écriture théâtrale. Examinées chronologiquement, ces huit oeuvres presentent quelques-uns des mouvements importants, dans le cadre de la représentation et de l'ideologie, qui se sont déroulés entre 1967 et 1986.
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publisher Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Toronto
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op_source Theatre Research in Canada / Recherches théâtrales au Canada; Volume 21 Number 1 / Spring 2000
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