Nicola Hanekom’s Land van skedels – A Remembrance of Things Past and Present
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20156419 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marisa Keuris (0000-0001-7483-9958, University of South Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1-15 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387 |
| Publisher | Unisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02564718.2018.1507158 |
| OpenAlex | W2895133409 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
Nicola Hanekom’s Land van Skedels had its premiere at the Clover Aardklop National Arts Festival in October 2013 and this production, as well as later ones, received glowing receptions from both theatre audience and theatre critics. She was commissioned by an Afrikaans newspaper (Die Burger) and an Afrikaans television channel (kykNET) to write Land van skedels. She was requested to focus in the play on the Anglo-Boer War, as well as the role played by Emily Hobhouse in this war. The main theme is, as can be expected, in a play that works with historical material, the theme of remembrance. The play is not a realistic depiction of the war and the concentration camps where many white (and black) women and children often died after a period of drawn-out suffering. Her play is a subjective and sensory depiction of traumatic memories and makes use of both historical and literary references to evoke these memories. These references are discussed within the context of theatre memory studies. It is clear from the references to other wars and camps in this play (i.e. Rwanda, Auschwitz) that humanity seems doomed to repeat its own mistakes and that Hanekom’s play is thus emblematic of all wars and all concentration camps
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Depiction · Humanity · Literature · Media studies · Nazi concentration camps · Newspaper · Sociology · Theology · Visual arts · Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity · History · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Philosophy · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |