Political animals : engagements with imperial and gender discourses in late-colonial Australian circuses
Auteurs : Arrighi, Gillian (Auteur)
Éditeur : Theatre Journal vol60 n°4, p.609-629
Date de publication : December 2008
Langue : Anglais
Notes : Réf. bibliogr.
Résumé :
By referring to several wild animal acts presented in Australia in the 1890s at the high-status circuses of Frank Fillis and the FitzGerald Brothers, this essay explores the complex cultural interactions that occurred in the relationship between these major circuses and their late-colonial public. The author matches the circus’s wild animal act to nation-building tropes and examines the narratives of identity, patriotism, allegiance, and power that were articulated through these popular and unusual performances. [author summary]
Localisation : Traitement documentaire B