Restoring Inanna - an ancient myth for contemporary women?

Combining a range of performative methods, including original song and platform storytelling, this autoethnographic practice-led feminist study explores the ways in which the 4-5000 year stories and poems of the goddess Inanna from Ancient Sumer (present day Iraq) speak to contemporary women. Weavin...

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Main Author: Bruinsma, Raelene
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1523
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description Combining a range of performative methods, including original song and platform storytelling, this autoethnographic practice-led feminist study explores the ways in which the 4-5000 year stories and poems of the goddess Inanna from Ancient Sumer (present day Iraq) speak to contemporary women. Weaving together data gained from creative practice, trial performances, contextual research and discussion forums, the results are presented in a live one woman performance, documented in an accompanying DVD, and a written exegesis.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-15232022-06-15T07:21:50Z Restoring Inanna - an ancient myth for contemporary women? Bruinsma, Raelene Combining a range of performative methods, including original song and platform storytelling, this autoethnographic practice-led feminist study explores the ways in which the 4-5000 year stories and poems of the goddess Inanna from Ancient Sumer (present day Iraq) speak to contemporary women. Weaving together data gained from creative practice, trial performances, contextual research and discussion forums, the results are presented in a live one woman performance, documented in an accompanying DVD, and a written exegesis. 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1523 en Curtin University fulltext
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title Restoring Inanna - an ancient myth for contemporary women?
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title_short Restoring Inanna - an ancient myth for contemporary women?
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url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1523