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South African Performance and Archives of Memory
Yvette Hutchison
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Description for South African Performance and Archives of Memory
Paperback. 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. Series Editor(s): Delgado, Maria M.; Gale, Maggie B.; Lichtenfels, Peter. Series: Theatre: Theory, Practice, Performance. Num Pages: 256 pages, Halftones, black & white. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 320.
This book explores how South Africa is negotiating its past in and through various modes of performance in contemporary theatre, public events and memorial spaces. It analyses the Truth and Reconciliation Commission as a live event, as an archive, and in various theatrical engagements with it, asking throughout how the TRC has affected the definition of identity and memory in contemporary South Africa, including disavowed memories. Hutchison then considers how the SA-Mali Timbuktu Manuscript Project and the 2010 South African World Cup opening ceremony attempted to restage the nation in their own ways. She investigates how ... Read more
This book explores how South Africa is negotiating its past in and through various modes of performance in contemporary theatre, public events and memorial spaces. It analyses the Truth and Reconciliation Commission as a live event, as an archive, and in various theatrical engagements with it, asking throughout how the TRC has affected the definition of identity and memory in contemporary South Africa, including disavowed memories. Hutchison then considers how the SA-Mali Timbuktu Manuscript Project and the 2010 South African World Cup opening ceremony attempted to restage the nation in their own ways. She investigates how ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Theatre: Theory, Practice, Performance
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784993665
SKU
V9781784993665
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About Yvette Hutchison
Yvette Hutchison is Associate Professor in the School of Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies at the University of Warwick, UK -- .
Reviews for South African Performance and Archives of Memory
Hutchison's book is a welcome addition to the scholarship on South African performance, exploring the tensions between the archives of the past and the repertoires of the present in South Africa after 1994., Megan Lewis, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Modern Drama, 20 May 2015 'The book provided valuable insights and provoked deep thought, as well as providing ... Read more