| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 348 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
African expressive cultures
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African expressive cultures.
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| Contents |
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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
What are the stakes of performance in a time of war' How is artistic expression prone to manipulation by the state and international humanitarian organizations' From the standpoint of empire, Laura Edmondson explores cultural production that responds to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, the twenty-year civil war in northern Uganda, and regional conflict in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She examines memorial ceremonies, plays, indigenous performance, NGO media campaigns, and contemporary dance to reveal how artists and cultural workers challenge state and humanitarian narratives in the shadow of empire and how empire, in turn, infiltrates creative capacities. Carefully contextualizing these narratives within the charged political terrain of the Great Lakes Region, Edmondson deepens our understanding of the role of creative expression and cultural agency in conflict and postconflict zones. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
War and theater -- Great Lakes Region (Africa)
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War and theater. |
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Performing arts -- Social aspects -- Great Lakes Region (Africa)
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Performing arts -- Social aspects. |
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Atrocities -- Social aspects -- Great Lakes Region (Africa)
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Atrocities. |
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Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Edmondson, Laura, 1970- Performing trauma in Central Africa. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2018 9780253032454 (DLC) 2017050084 |
| ISBN |
9780253032461 (electronic book) |
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0253032466 (electronic book) |
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9780253035516 (electronic book) |
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0253035511 (electronic book) |
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9780253032454 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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