National Performance

Informationen zum Autor By Erin Hurley Klappentext Winner of the Northeast Modern Language Association's Book Prize, National Performance is sophisticated yet accessible, seeking to enlarge the parameters of what counts as 'Quebecois' performance, while providing a thorough introduction to changing discourses of nation-ness in Quebec. Zusammenfassung Winner of the Northeast Modern Language Association's Book Prize! National Performance is sophisticated yet accessible! seeking to enlarge the parameters of what counts as 'Quebecois' performance! while providing a thorough introduction to changing discourses of nation-ness in Quebec. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Preface Marginals, Metaphors and Mimesis National Construction: Quebec's Modernity at Expo 67 National Reflection: Michel Tremblay's Les belles-soeursand le nouveau théâtre québécois National Simulation: Marco Micone's culture immigrée National Metonymy: Arresting images in the devised works of Carbone 14 National Affection: Céline Dion Works Cited

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By Erin Hurley

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Winner of the Northeast Modern Language Association's Book Prize, National Performance is sophisticated yet accessible, seeking to enlarge the parameters of what counts as 'Quebecois' performance, while providing a thorough introduction to changing discourses of nation-ness in Quebec.

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List of Illustrations
Preface

1. Marginals, Metaphors and Mimesis National Construction: Quebec's Modernity at Expo 67
2. National Reflection: Michel Tremblay's Les belles-soeursand le nouveau théâtre québécois
3. National Simulation: Marco Micone's culture immigrée
4. National Metonymy: Arresting images in the devised works of Carbone 14
5. National Affection: Céline Dion
   Works Cited