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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ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/3425 2023-05-15T14:21:40+02:00 Staging the Arctic 1819–1909 and 2014 Hansson, Heidi 2015-04-22 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3425 https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3425 nor nor Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3425/3331 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3425 doi:10.7557/13.3425 Copyright (c) 2015 Heidi Hansson http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY Nordlit; No 35 (2015): Arctic Modernities; 47–62 Nordlit; Nr 35 (2015): Arctic Modernities; 47–62 1503-2086 0809-1668 Arctic Royal Arctic Theatre music hall musical comedy commodification long nineteenth century arctic ideal info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed article Fagfellevurdert artikkel 2015 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3425 2021-08-16T15:51:17Z 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 Arctic University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing 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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