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| Titre : | Gender and Affect in Testimonial Performance : The Example of I Once Knew a Girl (2015) |
| Auteurs : | Lisa FITZPATRICK, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Irish University Review (Vol 45 n 1 Spring/Summer 2015) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 126-140 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
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| Résumé : | Using the Theatre of Witness production "I Once Knew a Girl" as its focal point, this essay examines the operation of affect in performances that address Northern Ireland's history of civil conflict. "I Once Knew a Girl" seeks to capture women's experience of those decades. The gendered aspects of that conflict and of the associated violence and victimhood are rarely acknowledged or explored, although the research on domestic and sexual violence suggests that public civic violence has an aggravating impact on all forms of violence, including those normally designated as ‘private’. These performances focus on the personal and individual experience of the conflict and its aftermath, while seeking to create affective experiences for the spectators. Affect arguably facilitates the public telling of taboo stories while minimizing the potential for audience objectification and ‘Othering’ of the participant/protagonist. ‘Taboo’, because sexual and domestic violence – an issue that arises repeatedly within this production – is often minimized or marginalized in public discussion of the Northern Irish conflict, where the focus is on the ‘masculine’ narratives of nation and nationalisms. |
| Pays de publication : | Grande-Bretagne (Royaume Uni) |
| Lieu de publication : | Edimbourg |
| Fonds : | Médiathèque |
