National Performance

Representing Quebec from Expo 67 to Celine Dion

Erin Hurley

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University of Toronto Press
15 February 2017

Theatre Studies; Popular culture

In National Performance, Erin Hurley examines the complex relationship between performance and national identity. How do theatrical performances represent the nation in which they were created? How is Quebecois performance used to define Quebec as a nation and to cultivate a sense of 'Quebec-ness' for audiences both within and outside the province? In exploring Expo 67, the critical response to Michel Tremblay's Les Belles Soeurs, Carbone 14's image-theatre, Marco Micone's writing practices, Celine Dion's popular music, and feminist performance of the 1970s and 80s, Hurley reveals the ways in which certain performances come to be understood as 'national' while others are relegated to sub-national or outsider status. Each chapter focuses on a particular historical moment in Quebec's modern history and a genre of performance emblematic of the moment, and uses these to elaborate the nature of the national performances.

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.

By: Erin Hurley
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 380g
ISBN: 9781487521332
ISBN 10: 1487521332
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 15 February 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Erin Hurley is a professor of drama and theatre in the Department of English at McGill University.

Reviews for National Performance: Representing Quebec from Expo 67 to Celine Dion

'This compelling and lucidly written study makes an important contribution to Quebec and Canadian Studies, as it is certain to change the way we will henceforth recognize a performance as being national. ' -- Pamela V. Sing * Canadian Literature *

Winner of Ann Saddlemyer Award awarded by Canadian Association for Theatre Research 2011 (Canada)
Winner of International Council for Canadian Studies Pierre Savard Award 2012
Winner of Winner of the Northeast Modern Language Association Manuscript Prize 2009 (United States)