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

Published by transcript Verlag 2017

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

Edited by: Benedikt Jager and Steffi Hobuß

Volume 26 in the series Postcolonial Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839434796

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

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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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Black and White Dogs – Conceptual Encounters Benedikt Jager and Steffi Hobuß Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Angola A Brief Historical Background Ketil Fred Hansen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
“They said we have to forgive each other” Memory, ‘Transitional Justice’, and (Post)colonialism in the Context of the International Screenings of the Documentary My Heart of Darkness Kaya De Wolff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
The Ethics of Memory in My Heart of Darkness Alexandre Dessingué Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Memory, Contradictions and Resignification of Colonial Imagery in My Heart of Darkness Steffi Hobuß Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
Performing History My Heart of Darkness from a Dramatist Perspective Ketil Knutsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
The Role of Music in Memorial Production and Discourse in My Heart of Darkness David-Alexandre Wagner and Jon Skarpeid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
“I don’t trust in pictures” Forms for Authentication in My Heart of Darkness and Annekatrin Hendel’s Vaterlandsverräter Benedikt Jager Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Memory, Trauma and Empathy On the (Un)representability of the Civil War in Art Nadine Siegert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Miss Landmine in Angola Negotiating the Political Aesthetics of the Mutilated Body Nora Simonhjell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 260
Keywords: Post-Colonial Studies; Film; Angola; Civil War; Memory Culture; Postcolonialism; Cultural History; History of Colonialism; African History; Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: October 27, 2017
ISBN: 9783839434796