Dancing in Shadows: Histories of Nyungar Performance by Anna Haebich

Dancing in Shadows: Histories of Nyungar Performance by Anna Haebich

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781742589718
Author: Anna Haebich
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: UWA Publishing
Place: Crawley WA
Year: 2018
Format: Paperback
Pages: 350 pages

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Signed by author. Interior and binding are still excellent.

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, history, and language in theatre.

In public corroborees, they performed their sovereignty to the colonists, and in community-only gatherings, they danced and sang to bring forth resilience and spiritual healing. Pushed away by the colonists and denied their culture and lands, they continued to live and perform in the shadows over the years in combinations of the old and the new, including indigenised settler songs and dances.

Nyungar people survived; they now number around 40000 people and constitute the largest Aboriginal nation in the Australian settler state. The ancient family lineages live in city suburbs and country towns, and they continue to perform to celebrate their ancestors and to strengthen community wellbeing by being together. Dancing in Shadows sheds light on a little-known history of Nyungar performance.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers, please note that this book may contain descriptions and/or images of people who have passed away.


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