The ‘stage Indian’ in early American theatre culture
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| Rok publikování | 2021 |
| Druh | Článek v odborném periodiku |
| Časopis / Zdroj | Ostrava Journal of English Philology |
| Fakulta / Pracoviště MU | |
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| www | Full text |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.15452/OJoEP.2021.13.0007 |
| Klíčová slova | Early American drama; stage conventions; noble savage; Native American performance |
| Popis | The article deals with the early development of the ‘stage Indian’ as a character in early American drama and theatre. It studies ‘stage Indian’ characters, which reflect historical theatrical conventions rather than being historically accurate representations. It explores early plays depicting Native Americans as the ‘exotic other’. It considers plays involving the myth of the noble savage on the one hand and some parodying of this myth on the other. Finally, it describes various performances involving Native American performers in the United States in the 1890s. These examples show the diversity of the ‘stage Indian’ as a literary and performative construct. |
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