Aboriginal Playwrite Tomson Highways "Rez Sisters" and "Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing": A clash of Cultures and the Promise of Rebirth
Title: Aboriginal Playwrite Tomson Highways "Rez Sisters" and "Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing": A clash of Cultures and the Promise of Rebirth
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Aboriginal Playwrite Tomson Highways "Rez Sisters" and "Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing": A clash of Cultures and the Promise of Rebirth
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 2195 | Pages: 8 (approximately 235 words/page)
A Clash of Cultures and the Promise of Rebirth: Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing and The Rez Sisters
Throughout "The Rez Sisters" and "Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing", Tomson
Highway expresses his concern regarding the cultural conflict experienced by aboriginals on the reserve. He does this by demonstrating the juxtaposition of cultural and ethereal values faced by Native and White Canadians. Christian priests attempted to eradicate and demonize Native spirituality and force their
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in a world of transformation". This is what he has communicated through both of these plays
References:
Adrienne Clarkson. Tomson Highway: Native Voice. CBC Enterprises
Grant, Agnes. Native Drama: A Celebration of Native Culture: Contemporary Issues in
Canadian Drama. Winnipeg: Blizzard, 1995.
Highway, Tomson. Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing. Saskatoon: Fifty House,
1989
Highway, Tomson. The Rez Sisters. Saskatoon: Fifty House, 1988.
Taylor, Hayden Drew. Playwright's Notes. Indian Time. Saskatchewan Native Theatre
Company (SNTC) March 26-8 April, 2004