South African performance and archives of memory.

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hutchison, Yvette
Otros Autores: Delgado, Maria M., Gale, Maggie B., Lichtenfels, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2015.
Colección:Theatre Theory Practice Performance MUP.
Temas:
South African drama > History and criticism.
Collective memory > South Africa.
Theater > Political aspects > South Africa.
Mémoire collective > Afrique du Sud.
Théâtre > Aspect politique > Afrique du Sud.
Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
Collective memory
South African drama
Theater > Political aspects
South Africa
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; South African performance and archives of memory; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note on terminology; Introduction; 1 The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's reconfiguring of the past: remembering and forgetting; 2 Dramatising the Truth and Reconciliation Commission: 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; Select bibliography; Index.

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