Performing Noncitizenship

Informationen zum Autor Emma Cox Klappentext This exacting study examines the role that theatre, film and activism responsive to asylum seekers has played in the emergence of 'irregular' noncitizenship as a cornerstone idea in contemporary Australian political and social life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Framing Noncitizenship; 1. The Politics of Innocence in Theatres of Reality; 2. Domestic Comedy and Theatrical Heterotopias; 3. Territories of Contact in Documentary Film; 4. The Pain of Others: Performance, Protest and Instrumental Self-Injury; 5. Welcome to Country? Aboriginal Activism and Ontologies of Sovereignty; Conclusion: A Global Politics of Noncitizenship; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Autorentext

Emma Cox

Klappentext

This exacting study examines the role that theatre, film and activism responsive to asylum seekers has played in the emergence of 'irregular' noncitizenship as a cornerstone idea in contemporary Australian political and social life.

Inhalt

Introduction: Framing Noncitizenship; 1. The Politics of Innocence in Theatres of Reality; 2. Domestic Comedy and Theatrical Heterotopias; 3. Territories of Contact in Documentary Film; 4. The Pain of Others: Performance, Protest and Instrumental Self-Injury; 5. Welcome to Country? Aboriginal Activism and Ontologies of Sovereignty; Conclusion: A Global Politics of Noncitizenship; Notes; Bibliography; Index