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Art in troubled times
Sean O'Toole author Lien Heidenreich-Seleme author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Published:12th Aug '12
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The intellectual and imaginative engagement of social trauma is presented in this book that investigates how writers, visual artists, theater practitioners, musicians, filmmakers, dancers, and photographers from sub-Saharan Africa and Germany have creatively responded to traumata.The intellectual and imaginative engagement of social trauma is presented in this book that investigates how writers, visual artists, theater practitioners, musicians, filmmakers, dancers, and photographers from sub-Saharan Africa and Germany have creatively responded to traumata. Building off a conference hosted by the Goethe-Institut of South Africa in 2011, the book creates an open dialogue through both words and visuals surrounding culture and conflict. The roles of artists during crisis and social change are examined, as well as the impact and aesthetic vocabulary that is created to react to, engage, or heal the trauma.
ISBN: 9781431404971
Dimensions: 245mm x 190mm x 15mm
Weight: 500g
272 pages