Dancing Spirit, Love, and War
Performing the Translocal Realities of Contemporary Fiji
Seiten
2022
University of Wisconsin Press (Verlag)
978-0-299-32204-5 (ISBN)
University of Wisconsin Press (Verlag)
978-0-299-32204-5 (ISBN)
Through extensive archival and ethnographic fieldwork in both Fiji and Canada, Evadne Kelly offers key insights into an underrepresented dance form, region, and culture. Her perceptive analysis of meke will be of interest in dance studies, postcolonial and Indigenous studies, anthropology and performance ethnography, and Pacific Island studies.
Meke, a traditional rhythmic dance accompanied by singing, signifies an important piece of identity for Fijians. Despite its complicated history of colonialism, racism, censorship, and religious conflict, meke remained a vital part of artistic expression and culture. Evadne Kelly performs close readings of the dance in relation to an evolving landscape, following the postcolonial reclamation that provided dancers with political agency and a strong sense of community that connected and fractured Fijians worldwide.
Through extensive archival and ethnographic fieldwork in both Fiji and Canada, Kelly offers key insights into an underrepresented dance form, region, and culture. Her perceptive analysis of meke will be of interest in dance studies, postcolonial and Indigenous studies, anthropology and performance ethnography, and Pacific Island studies.
Meke, a traditional rhythmic dance accompanied by singing, signifies an important piece of identity for Fijians. Despite its complicated history of colonialism, racism, censorship, and religious conflict, meke remained a vital part of artistic expression and culture. Evadne Kelly performs close readings of the dance in relation to an evolving landscape, following the postcolonial reclamation that provided dancers with political agency and a strong sense of community that connected and fractured Fijians worldwide.
Through extensive archival and ethnographic fieldwork in both Fiji and Canada, Kelly offers key insights into an underrepresented dance form, region, and culture. Her perceptive analysis of meke will be of interest in dance studies, postcolonial and Indigenous studies, anthropology and performance ethnography, and Pacific Island studies.
Evadne Kelly is an independent artist-scholar. Her research focuses on the political and social dimensions of dance traditions and her publications appear in Pacific Arts Journal, The Dance Current, Performance Matters, and Fiji Times.
List of Illustrations vi
Acknowledgments viii
Note on Orthography xii
Introduction: Fijian by Decree
1 Meke in a Changing Imperial World
2 Governing Meke: Choreographing Pasts, Expressing Futures
3 Meke in Multicultural Canada
4 Spiriting Meke: Generating Stability, Tension, and Transformation
5 Generating Efficacy: Countervailing Rhythms of a Contemporary Meke
6 Performing Indeterminacy: Performance of Mekhe ni Loloma
Glossary 185
Notes 187
Bibliography 219
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 31.05.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Studies in Dance History |
| Zusatzinfo | 24 b&w photos |
| Verlagsort | Wisconsin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 148 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-299-32204-1 / 0299322041 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-299-32204-5 / 9780299322045 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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