Performing Trauma in Central Africa: Shadows of Empire

by Laura Edmondson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253032458
• ISBN13: 9780253032454
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"