Harkulich, Christiana Fay Molldrem
(2017)
Standing Between Reservation and Nation: Indigenous Performance in North America after the end of the Indian Wars.
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
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Abstract
Standing Between Reservation and Nation:
Indigenous performance in North America after the end of the Indian Wars
Christiana Fay Molldrem Harkulich, PhD
University of Pittsburgh, 2017
This dissertation asserts that performance as a means of representation has a profound connection to the political position and projects of Indigenous peoples in North America. Through three case studies, my project is a constellational history of Indigenous performance’s decolonial imaginary and enactment. I theorize that the act of standing -- both figuratively standing for, i.e. representation, as well as the physical act of standing -- is a visible decolonial intervention into historical narratives of the Americas constructed and upheld by national (i.e. nation-state based) politics. Drawing from theatre and performance studies methodologies and historiographies, border theory, and coloniality, I argue that performances by Indigenous women function as critical moments of standing that destabilize and reconfigure nation-state bound histories, narratives, and borders. This is explored through three case studies of Indigenous women’s performances that span the 20th century: the first discusses Princess White Deer’s Vaudeville and Broadway performances in the 1910s-1920s and questions of citizenship; the second examines Anna Mae Pictou Aquash’s acts of standing during the protests of the American Indian Movement from 1968-1976 and questions of sovereignty; and the third analyzes Monique Mojica’s play and production of Princess Pocahontas and The Blue Spots and a decolonial dramaturgy in the 1990s. As a whole, this project points to the complicated political position of Indigenous peoples in North America and the necessity of acts of decolonial imagining.
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University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
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| Date: |
25 June 2017 |
| Date Type: |
Publication |
| Defense Date: |
10 April 2017 |
| Approval Date: |
25 June 2017 |
| Submission Date: |
7 April 2017 |
| Access Restriction: |
5 year -- Restrict access to University of Pittsburgh for a period of 5 years. |
| Number of Pages: |
244 |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Theater Arts |
| Degree: |
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy |
| Thesis Type: |
Doctoral Dissertation |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Theatre, Indigenous, Native American, Dance, Protest, Performance, Decolonial, Coloniality, Dramaturgy, American History, Theatre History |
| Date Deposited: |
25 Jun 2017 21:35 |
| Last Modified: |
25 Jun 2022 05:15 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/31122 |
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