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

Benedikt Jager

ISBN 10: 3837634795 / ISBN 13: 9783837634792

Published by Transcript Verlag Mai 2022, 2022

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Neuware - 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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: (Post)Colonial Histories - Trauma, Memory and Reconciliation in the Context of the Angolan Civil War
• Publisher: Transcript Verlag Mai 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837634795
• ISBN 13: 9783837634792
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 225W x 148H x 19D millimeters 225 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 409 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Authors

Benedikt Jager (Associate professor) teaches Nordic literature at the University of Stavanger (Norway).

Steffi Hobuß (Dr. phil.), geb. 1964, lehrt und forscht an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg und leitet dort das Leuphana College. Sie studierte Philosophie und Germanistik und promovierte in Philosophie an der Universität Bielefeld mit einer Arbeit über Wittgenstein. Für ihre Lehre wurde sie 2009, 2011 und 2015 mit Preisen ausgezeichnet und war 2010 Gastprofessorin an der Karlstads Universitet, Schweden. Sie habilitiert zur Theorie der visuellen Wahrnehmung bei Platon und Aristoteles.