Rivka Syd Eisner
Biographic Data
| ID | 640294 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rivka Syd Eisner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rivka Syd |
| FAMILY NAME | Eisner |
| SIGNATURE | EISNER R S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aarhus University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Drought and Rain: Re-creations in Vietnamese, cross-border heritage
The Drought and Rain dance trilogy, by Vietnamese–French choreographer Ea Sola, evokes memory, history and everyday practices through song, stylised gesture and stark, graceful images. The performances aim not to represent ancient and wartime Vietnamese pasts as much as call attention to the ways in which the present and past invigorate and co-create each other. The unsettled, recursive and processual nature of Ea Sola’s performances suggest it i…
Re-enacting the past: Vivifying Heritage 'Again
Performing Pain-Taking and Ghostly Remembering in Vietnam
Cô Định and cô Xuân, two women veterans in Ho Chi Minh City, recount their memories of torture during the Vietnamese-American war. Their remembering requires a performance-centered exploration of the Vietnamese women's tradition of “pain-taking,” as well as their haunting return to the Con Dao prisons as veteran-tourists
Performing Prospective Memory: Remembering towards change in Vietnam
The life narratives of cô Nht, a former communist guerilla fighter and political prisoner during the American War in Vietnam, illuminate a dynamic politics of iteration and innovation at play within each act of remembering. Cô Nht lives in Ho Chi Minh City and is part of a women veteran's civic association called the Former Women Political Prisoner Performance Group. She is also a national and international advocate against the use of chemical wa…
Re-enacting the past: Vivifying Heritage 'Again
Drought and Rain: Re-creations in Vietnamese, cross-border heritage
The Drought and Rain dance trilogy, by Vietnamese–French choreographer Ea Sola, evokes memory, history and everyday practices through song, stylised gesture and stark, graceful images. The performances aim not to represent ancient and wartime Vietnamese pasts as much as call attention to the ways in which the present and past invigorate and co-create each other. The unsettled, recursive and processual nature of Ea Sola’s performances suggest it i…
Performing Prospective Memory: Remembering towards change in Vietnam
The life narratives of cô Nht, a former communist guerilla fighter and political prisoner during the American War in Vietnam, illuminate a dynamic politics of iteration and innovation at play within each act of remembering. Cô Nht lives in Ho Chi Minh City and is part of a women veteran's civic association called the Former Women Political Prisoner Performance Group. She is also a national and international advocate against the use of chemical wa…
Performing Pain-Taking and Ghostly Remembering in Vietnam
Cô Định and cô Xuân, two women veterans in Ho Chi Minh City, recount their memories of torture during the Vietnamese-American war. Their remembering requires a performance-centered exploration of the Vietnamese women's tradition of “pain-taking,” as well as their haunting return to the Con Dao prisons as veteran-tourists
Drought and Rain: Re-creations in Vietnamese, cross-border heritage
The Drought and Rain dance trilogy, by Vietnamese–French choreographer Ea Sola, evokes memory, history and everyday practices through song, stylised gesture and stark, graceful images. The performances aim not to represent ancient and wartime Vietnamese pasts as much as call attention to the ways in which the present and past invigorate and co-create each other. The unsettled, recursive and processual nature of Ea Sola’s performances suggest it i…
Re-enacting the past: Vivifying Heritage 'Again
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Vietnamese (2 works)