Dancing in shadows : histories of Nyungar performance / Anna Haebich.
Dancing in shadows : histories of Nyungar performance / Anna Haebich.
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Publisher
Crawley, WA : UWA Publishing, 2018.
Call Numbers
H 2018/2164
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Language
English
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Physical content
xix, 405 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour), facsimiles ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
still image
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Foreword / Dr Richard Walley OAM ; interviewers Anna Haebich and Terri-ann White -- Introduction -- 1. Performance culture and activism -- 2. Tourism, sports and official welcomes -- 3. Mission music making -- 4. Performing in 'unexpected places' -- 5. Nyungar theatre -- 6. Bindjareh Pinjarra: a pla...
Publication information
Publisher
Crawley, WA : UWA Publishing, 2018.
Place of Publication
Western Australia
Date Published
2018.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander content
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Dancing in Shadows explores the power of Indigenous performance pitted against the forces of settler colonisation. Historian Anna Haebich documents how the Nyungar people of Western Australia strategically and courageously adapted their rich performance culture to survive the catastrophe that engulfed them, and generously share their culture, hist...
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Dancing in shadows : histories of Nyungar performance / Anna Haebich.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [367]-385) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2018.
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H 2018/2164
Record Identifier
74VKVAdqgmbl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVAdqgmbl
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ISBN
9781742589718 paperback
DDC
305.89915 791.099411
MMS ID
991024172403002626
