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1 Postcolonial Noncitizenship in Australian Theatre and Performance : Twenty-First Century Paradigms Emma Cox , 2017 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Bloomsbury Introduction to Postcolonial Writing : New Contexts, New Narratives, New Debates 2017; (p. 141-157)
1 1 y separately published work icon Performing Noncitizenship : Asylum Seekers in Australian Theatre, Film and Activism Emma Cox , New York (City) : Anthem Press , 2015 8798713 2015 selected work criticism

'This exacting study examines the theatre, film and activism engaged with the representation or participation of asylum seekers and refugees in the twenty-first century. Cox shows how this work has been informed by and indeed contributed to the consolidation of ‘irregular’ noncitizenship as a cornerstone idea in contemporary Australian political and social life, to the extent that it has become impossible to imagine what Australia means without it.' (Publication summary)
1 Introduction : Knowing Strangers Emma Cox , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Staging Asylum : Contemporary Australian Plays about Refugees 2013; (p. vii-x)
1 2 y separately published work icon Staging Asylum : Contemporary Australian Plays about Refugees Emma Cox (editor), Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2013 6945438 2013 anthology drama

Asylum seekers and refugees are at the vanguard of some of today's most pressing international challenges, their perilous journeys mapping the borderlines of a world in which the right to enter and remain in safe and secure living spaces is zealously guarded. This timely collection is the first of its kind, bringing together a selection of contemporary plays on the issue of asylum written by Australians and by refugees. The collection includes a 'mock verbatim' drama produced in response to the 2001 'Children Overboard' scandal; an impassioned autobiographical account of a long journey from Iraq to Australia; a solo piece about a hunger strike in a detention centre; and a sharp political satire set in an Australian suburban living room. [from Trove]
1 Dialogue and Decentralisation in Australian Asylum Anthologies Emma Cox , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Life Writing , December vol. 7 no. 3 2010; (p. 285-302) 'In Australia, the field of contemporary creative representation of asylum is enriched by diverse non-professional and community-based work, including self-narratives by asylum seekers and refugees. This essay situates three Australian asylum anthologies as products of heterogeneous community engagements and dialogues...In each anthology, a range of subject types - men, women and children from different ethnic, cultural, religious and educational backgrounds - coalesces so that a diversity of voices is presented within the privileged space of the book. Drawing lines of rhizomatic connection between autonomous sections of society, the texts map the grassroots structures of support, advocacy and community within which relations between asylum seekers, refugees and Australians operate. In each, writers engage in acts of speaking across the borders of language, culture, education and power, claiming a subaltern stake in cosmopolitan conversation.' (Author's abstract p. 285)
1 The Citation of Injury : Regarding the Exceptional Body Emma Cox , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , December vol. 33 no. 4 2009; (p. 459-472) 'Australia's instrumentalisation of non-citizen bodies via the practice of extrajudicial immigration detention produces a context for abjection in the form of hunger strikes and self-mutilation. This article examines the representation of these self-injuries in the poems 'Asylum' by Mehmet al Assad (2002) and 'Make a whistle from my throat' by an anonymous Baxter detainee (2005); Shahin Shafaei's solo play Refugitive (2002-04); solidarity fasts by Australian activists (2002-04); and Mike Parr's performance installation Close the Concentration Camps (2002). While presenting Australian audiences with the possibility for imaginative encounter with injured bodies that seem immutably 'other', these works also offer something more troubling, but potentially transforming: a context for recognition of proximity (both ethical and political) to the sovereign-produced position of exception.' (p. 459)
1 The Intersubjective Witness : Trauma Testimony in Towfiq Al-Qady's 'Nothing but Nothing: One Refugee's Story' Emma Cox , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Research in Drama Education , vol. 13 no. 2 2008; (p. 193-198)
1 Between Fame and Family Emma Cox , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 April 2007; (p. 35)
— Review of Spiral Road Adib Khan , 2007 single work novel
1 Method and a Little Madness Emma Cox , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6-8 April 2007; (p. 34)
— Review of Love and the Platypus Nicholas Drayson , 2007 single work novel
1 There's Life in the Older Set Yet Emma Cox , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 February 2006; (p. 12)
— Review of I Don't Want to Die in Melbourne Lorna Bol , 2006 single work drama
1 Inside Aussie Blokes' Minds Emma Cox , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 October 2005; (p. 46)
— Review of Boys' Night In Stephen Rowan , 2005 single work drama
1 Vicious Castaways Missing Discipline Emma Cox , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier- Mail , 29 September 2005; (p. 22)
— Review of Batavia Patrick Carr , 2005 single work drama
1 Grim but Entertaining Emma Cox , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 September 2005; (p. 48)
— Review of The Greater Plague Nic Dorward , 2005 single work drama
1 On the Dark Side of War Emma Cox , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 8 July 2005; (p. 46)
— Review of The Boy and the Goat Dan Eady , 2005 single work drama
1 Untitled Emma Cox , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 4 July 2005; (p. 11)
— Review of How About It? A Showcase of New Comic Work Centring on Sex, Drugs and Mobile Phones. Glenn Weller , 2005 single work drama
1 Country Classic Emma Cox , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 July 2005; (p. 14)
— Review of Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls Philip Dean , 1996 single work drama
1 Past is Another Country Now Emma Cox , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 June 2005; (p. 13)
— Review of The Drowning Bride Helen Howard , Michael Futcher , 2005 single work drama
1 Slow Burning Emma Cox , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 16 May 2005; (p. 13)
— Review of Torching Cars Kate Stewart , 2005 single work drama
1 Negotiating Cultural Narratives : All-Aboriginal Shakespearean Dreaming Emma Cox , 2004 single work essay
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 64 no. 3 2004; (p. 15-27) An analysis of the reviews and critical commentary on the 1997 Sydney Theatre Company production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Performed as part of the Festival of the Dreaming in 1997, the play 'juxtaposed an Elizabethan-style Athenian court with a Dreamtime forest world, thereby creating a dialogue between the play's original performative context and a more recent Aboriginal interpretive framework.' (p.15) The play was directed by Noel Tovey.
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