South African Performance and Archives of Memory

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This book argues that memory functions as a key element in contemporary South African re-imagining of historical events and in constructing new definitions of national and personal identity. It compares two ways in which memory is embodied: in repertoires of practices, songs, dance, rituals, and in material archives, texts, documents, buildings. -- .

Yvette Hutchison is Associate Professor in the School of Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies at the University of Warwick, UK -- .

Hutchison's book is a welcome addition to the scholarship on South African performance, exploring the tensions between the archives of the past and the repertoires of the present in South Africa after 1994., Megan Lewis, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Modern Drama, 20 May 2015 'The book provided valuable insights and provoked deep thought, as well as providing a well of information on different topics.' N Jade Gibson, Wits City Institute, University of Witwatersrand, South African Theatre Journal 'For any reader interested to learn more on the current state of performance and theatre in South Africa, Hutchison's study will provide an extremely valuable and informative account of the field. Most impressive is the ample space she grants for close readings of a host of recent theatrical productions.' Ed Charlton, Journal of Contemporary Drama in English (JCDE) 2016/4(2) -- .