“THIS BLOOMIN’ COUNTRY’S A FRAUD”: MUSICAL COMMODIFICATION AND WESTWARD EXPANSION IN SHARON POLLOCK’S WALSH

Sinem YAZICIOĞLU

doi:https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.672731

Article Details

“THIS BLOOMIN’ COUNTRY’S A FRAUD”: MUSICAL COMMODIFICATION AND WESTWARD EXPANSION IN SHARON POLLOCK’S WALSH

Authors:

Sinem YAZICIOĞLU

Publisher:

Pamukkale University

Main Topics:

Literature

Journal:

Pamukkale University Journal of Social Sciences Institute 2020 Issue 39, pp.293-306

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

4/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000580751

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

2147-6985

pISSN:

1308-2922

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.672731

Abstract:

 

Canadian playwright Sharon Pollock’s Walsh (1973) revisits the aftermath of the Battle of Little Big Horn (1876) when Sitting Bull led the Sioux to cross the Canadian border for seeking refuge, befriended Major John Walsh of the North West Mounted Police and yet was forced to surrender to the American forces despite diplomatic exchanges. Since the play roughly coincides with the centennial celebrations in Canada and marks a renewed interest in Canadian drama for national topics, it has been studied in terms of its critical perspective to official historiography and its metadramatic treatment of the mentioned historical events. However, less scholarly attention has been spared to the use of songs in the play. Prioritizing the song form in its musical structure, Walsh integrates the history of westward expansion with the emerging economy and technology of music, resulting in the commodification of music at the turn of the twentieth century.

Article Details

“THIS BLOOMIN’ COUNTRY’S A FRAUD”: MUSICAL COMMODIFICATION AND WESTWARD EXPANSION IN SHARON POLLOCK’S WALSH

Authors: Sinem YAZICIOĞLU

Publisher: Pamukkale University

Main Topics: Literature

Journal: Pamukkale University Journal of Social Sciences Institute 2020 Issue 39, pp.293-306

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 4/2020

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000580751

Frequency: Bimonthly

eISSN: 2147-6985

pISSN: 1308-2922

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.672731

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Authors:

Sinem YAZICIOĞLU

Publisher:

Pamukkale University

Main Topics:

Literature

Journal:

Pamukkale University Journal of Social Sciences Institute 2020 Issue 39, pp.293-306

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

4/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000580751

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

2147-6985

pISSN:

1308-2922

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.672731