Performing trauma in Central Africa : shadows of empire / Laura Edmondson.

Yer Numarası
A.IX/3874
ISBN
9780253032454 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780253032478 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780253032461 (ebook)
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yayın Bilgisi
Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2018.
Fiziksel Niteleme
xv, [1] sayfa harita, 348 sayfa : resim, harita ; 23 cm.
Dizi
African expressive cultures
Genel Not
İndeks s. 339-348.
Bibliyografi, vb. Notu
Bibliyografya s. 309-338.
İçindekiler Notu
Competitive memory in the Great Lakes: touring genocide -- Marketing trauma and the theatre of war in northern Uganda -- Trauma, Inc. in postgenocide Rwanda -- Repetition, rupture, and ruined: narratives from the Congo -- Gifted by trauma: the branding of postconflict northern Uganda -- Confessions of a failed theatre activist -- Afterword: Faustin Linyekula and the labors of hope.
Özet, vb.
“What are the stakes of cultural production in a time of war? How is artistic expression prone to manipulation by the state and international humanitarian organizations? In the charged political terrain of post-genocide Rwanda, post-civil war Uganda, and recent violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Laura Edmondson explores performance through the lens of empire. Instead of celebrating theatre productions as expression of cultural agency and resilience, Edmondson traces their humanitarian imperatives to a place where global narratives of violence take precedence over local traditions and audiences. Working at the intersection of performance and trauma, Edmondson reveals how artists and cultural workers manipulate narratives in the shadow of empire and how empire, in turn, infiltrates creative capacities“ -- Yayıncı.