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Loss and Cultural Remains in Performance: The Ghosts of the Franklin Expedition (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)
Heather Davis-Fisch
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Description for Loss and Cultural Remains in Performance: The Ghosts of the Franklin Expedition (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)
Hardcover. In 1845, John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition disappeared. The expedition left an archive of performative remains that entice one to consider the tension between material remains and memory and reflect on how substitution and surrogation work alongside mourning and melancholia as responses to loss. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 244 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QMP; AN; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
In 1845, John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition disappeared. The expedition left an archive of performative remains that entice one to consider the tension between material remains and memory and reflect on how substitution and surrogation work alongside mourning and melancholia as responses to loss.
In 1845, John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition disappeared. The expedition left an archive of performative remains that entice one to consider the tension between material remains and memory and reflect on how substitution and surrogation work alongside mourning and melancholia as responses to loss.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230340329
SKU
V9780230340329
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99-15
About Heather Davis-Fisch
Heather Davis-Fisch is an instructor in English and Theatre at the University of Fraser Valley, Canada
Reviews for Loss and Cultural Remains in Performance: The Ghosts of the Franklin Expedition (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)
"Davis-Fisch's book is . . . the most original and engaging work on the cultural impact of the mid-century Franklin fascination yet to appear - and, it's to be hoped, a harbinger of further such studies of the larger dramas of exploration as such, in all the regions of the world that the 'West' thought of as distant." - The ... Read more