Loss and Cultural Remains in Performance
The Ghosts of the Franklin Expedition
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Theatre, History & Criticism
| Author: | Heather Davis-Fisch | ISBN: | 9781137065995 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | September 3, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Heather Davis-Fisch |
| ISBN: | 9781137065995 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | September 3, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
In 1845, John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition disappeared. The expedition left an archive of performative remains that entice one to consider the tension between material remains and memory and reflect on how substitution and surrogation work alongside mourning and melancholia as responses to loss.
In 1845, John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition disappeared. The expedition left an archive of performative remains that entice one to consider the tension between material remains and memory and reflect on how substitution and surrogation work alongside mourning and melancholia as responses to loss.
