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Unhappy Performatives of Statehood: Staging Incompatible Narratives of Eritrea through Academic Conferences
- TDR: The Drama Review
- The MIT Press
- Volume 64, Number 1, Spring 2020 (T245)
- pp. 107-118
- Article
- Additional Information
Abstract:
Two conferences held on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Eritrean independence operate as Austinian "unhappy performatives." Using a performance studies lens offers new ways of understanding the dynamics of scholarship about international politics, thereby contributing to wider debates on how performances of truths often replace truth.