{"product_id":"performing-trauma-in-central-africa-9780253032478","title":"Performing Trauma in Central Africa","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the arguments put forward in \u003cem\u003ePerforming Trauma in Central Africa \u003c\/em\u003eare impressive, the methodological and ethical commitments that buttress the text are even more so. Edmondson's research for the book spans well over a\u003cbr\u003edecade and encompasses a rich variety of ethnographic and archival investigations on three continents.\u003c\/p\u003e * Modern Drama *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdmondson's publication provokes a crucial debate on the humanitarian efforts of performance, particularly in geographic regions of trauma.\u003c\/p\u003e * TDR: The Drama Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdmondson's book is an outstanding addition to the literature on theatre and performance in situations of conflict and post-conflict. It will be an indispensable work for students, academics and activists concerned with the role of the arts in war-affected communities and within the humanitarian sector more broadly.\u003c\/p\u003e * New Theatre Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdmondson deploys her knowledge of the region and her capacity for critical participation to illuminate both the power and the limits of memory\u003c\/p\u003e * Theatre Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[T]his important volume [is] particularly valuable as an honest and accurate critique of art for social change. . . . Essential.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author's transparency calls attention to the burden of empire she both carries and casts off whenever possible . . . Edmondson's writing is both trauma-suspect and trauma-informed.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003eList of Acronyms\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Competitive Memory in the Great Lakes: Touring Genocide\u003cbr\u003e2. Marketing Trauma and the Theatre of War in Northern Uganda\u003cbr\u003e3. Trauma, Inc. in Postgenocide Rwanda\u003cbr\u003e4. Repetition, Rupture, and \u003ci\u003eRuined\u003c\/i\u003e: Narratives from the Congo\u003cbr\u003e5. Gifted by Trauma: The Branding of Post-Conflict Northern Uganda\u003cbr\u003e6. Confessions of a Failed Theatre Activist\u003cbr\u003eAfterword: Faustin Linyekula and the Labors of Hope\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400576246103,"sku":"9780253032478","price":29.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253032478.jpg?v=1730471022","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/performing-trauma-in-central-africa-9780253032478","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}