Performing noncitizenship : asylum seekers in Australian theatre, film and activism /

This exacting study makes the case that a diverse range of theatre, film and activism engaged in the portrayal or participation of asylum seekers and refugees since 2001 has been informed by and contributed to the consolidation of 'irregular' noncitizenship as a cornerstone idea in contemp...

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Main Author: Cox, Emma (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, 2015.
Series:Anthem Australian humanities research series.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: framing noncitizenship
  • The politics of innocence in theatres of reality
  • Domestic comedy and theatrical heterotopias
  • Territories of contact in documentary film
  • The pain of others : performance, protest and instrumental self-injury
  • Welcome to country? : aboriginal activism and ontologies of sovereignty.