Hutchison South African performance and archives of memory

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-5261-0323-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

Reihe: Theatre: Theory – Practice – Performance

This book argues that memory functions as a key element in contemporary South African re-imagining of historical events and in constructing new definitions of national and personal identity. It compares two ways in which memory is embodied: in repertoires of practices, songs, dance, rituals, and in material archives, texts, documents, buildings.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hutchison, Yvette

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. The TRC’s Reconfiguring of the Past: Remembering and Forgetting
2. Dramatising the TRC: The role of theatre practitioners in exploring the past
3. Staging a nation: the Voortrekker Monument and Freedom Park
4. Performing the African Renaissance and the ‘Rainbow Nation’
5. Post-apartheid repertoires of memory
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Hutchison Yvette:
Yvette Hutchison is Associate Professor in the School of Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies at the University of Warwick, UKYvette Hutchison is Associate Professor in the School of Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies at the University of Warwick, UK