South African Performance and Archives of Memory

by Yvette Hutchison

Book Overview

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.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784993662
• ISBN13: 9781784993665
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"