Mussi, Francesca (2015) Engaging with the South African Past: the TRC and how theatre performs back. Commonwealth Essays and Studies, 38 (1). pp. 91-101. ISSN 0395-6989
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Abstract
Focusing on the analyses of two exemplary South African plays - Ubu and the Truth Commission, and Nothing But the Truth - this essay explores how the country has been negotiating its traumatic past through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. These plays use dramatic performance to challenge and expose some weaknesses of the TRC - regarding, in particular, the concepts of truth, amnesty, and reconciliation - suggesting the necessity to keep the dialogue about the past open.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | South Africa, Theatre, Truth, Reconciliation, Amnesty, Confession, Ubu and the Truth Commission, Nothing but the truth |
| Subjects: | L900 Others in Social studies W400 Drama |
| Department: | Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Humanities |
| Depositing User: | Paul Burns |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Nov 2018 17:36 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Aug 2021 09:21 |
| URI: | http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/36577 |
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