(Post)Colonial Histories - Trauma, Memory and Reconciliation in the Context of the Angolan Civil War (Postcolonial Studies) - Softcover

 
9783837634792: (Post)Colonial Histories - Trauma, Memory and Reconciliation in the Context of the Angolan Civil War (Postcolonial Studies)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3837634795 ISBN 13: 9783837634792
Verlag: transcript, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

The documentary My heart of Darkness (Sweden 2011) tells the story of a South-African paratrooper returning to Angola: Facing former enemies, he tries to regain mental health and reconciliation. The film marks the stepping-stone for this volume: The contributions examine different facets like the memory-discourse, genre aspects, the use of music, and authentification processes. Several texts discuss these topics in a more general way including other films. Furthermore, some articles are devoted to the historical context, i.e. the Angolan Civil War and the aftermath of this conflict in the cultural sphere

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Benedikt Jager (Associate professor) teaches Nordic literature at the University of Stavanger (Norway). Steffi Hobuß (Senior lecturer/associate professor) teaches Philosophy and Kulturwissenschaften at Leuphana University Lüneburg (Germany).

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The documentary My heart of Darkness (Sweden 2011) tells the story of a South-African paratrooper returning to Angola: Facing former enemies, he tries to regain mental health and reconciliation.The film marks the stepping-stone for this volume: The contributions examine different facets like the memory-discourse, genre aspects, the use of music, and authentification processes. Several texts discuss these topics in a more general way including other films. Furthermore, some articles are devoted to the historical context, i.e. the Angolan Civil War and the aftermath of this conflict in the cultural sphere.

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Verlag
transcript
Erscheinungsdatum
2017
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3837634795
ISBN 13 
9783837634792
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
260
Herausgeber
Benedikt Jager, Steffi Hobuß
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