In this Book
- South African performance and archives of memory
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Manchester University Press
summary
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 the Voortrekker Monument and Freedom Park embody issues related to memory in contemporary South Africa. She also analyses current renegotiations of popular repertoires, particularly songs and dances related to the Struggle, revivals of classic European and South African protest plays, new history plays and specific racial and ethnic histories and identities.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-iv
- List of illustrations
- pp. vii-viii
- Acknowledgements
- pp. ix-x
- Note on terminology
- pp. xi-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-21
- 5 Post-apartheid repertoires of memory
- pp. 170-202
- Select bibliography
- pp. 203-228
Additional Information
ISBN
9781526103239
Related ISBN(s)
9780719083730, 9781784993665
MARC Record
OCLC
980737486
Pages
256
Launched on MUSE
2017-04-07
Language
English
Open Access
No