This paper investigates creative intersections of race and gender in South African multimedia spaces in the construction of the country’s historical narrative(s). Whose past is recorded and how is it preserved/represented in the national cultural archive? The article will focus on historical female figures forgotten, manipulated or marginalized in the official records, as a privileged site of South African female historical counter-narratives. This approach relies on recent studies that invite scholars to adopt “alternative methodologies that take seriously the realm of the speculative and the imaginative” (Soudien 2023: 83).
Questo articolo esplora le intersezioni creative di etnia e genere negli spazi multimediali sudafricani che partecipano alla costruzione delle narrazioni storiche nazionali. A chi appartiene il passato registrato e come è conservato/rappresentato nell’archivio culturale del paese? L’articolo si concentrerà sulle figure storiche femminili dimenticate, manipolate o marginalizzate nella storiografia ufficiale considerandole luoghi privilegiati della riscrittura storica femminile sudafricana. Questo approccio poggia sui recenti studi che invitano la ricerca ad adottare “alternative methodologies that take seriously the realm of the speculative and the imaginative” (Soudien 2023: 83).
Guarducci, M.P., Terrenato, F. (2024). South African Past Voices and Herstories: Performances as Counter-texts. LE SIMPLEGADI, 24, 35-45 [10.17456/SIMPLE-223].
South African Past Voices and Herstories: Performances as Counter-texts
Maria Paola Guarducci
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2024-01-01
Abstract
This paper investigates creative intersections of race and gender in South African multimedia spaces in the construction of the country’s historical narrative(s). Whose past is recorded and how is it preserved/represented in the national cultural archive? The article will focus on historical female figures forgotten, manipulated or marginalized in the official records, as a privileged site of South African female historical counter-narratives. This approach relies on recent studies that invite scholars to adopt “alternative methodologies that take seriously the realm of the speculative and the imaginative” (Soudien 2023: 83).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.