Two-Spirit Acts: Queer Indigenous Performances

By Jean O'Hara

In this collection of short but powerful two-spirit plays, characters dispel conventional notions of gender and sexuality while celebrating Indigenous understandings. With a refreshing spin, the plays touch on topics of desire, identity, and community as they humorously tackle the colonial misunderstandings of Indigenous people. From a female trickster story centred on erotic lesbian tales to the farcical story about a new nation of Indigenous people called the Nation of Mischief, this collection creates a space to explore what it means to be queer and Indigenous.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press
• Release date: Oct 30, 2013
• ISBN: 9781770911864

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