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ERIC Number: EJ1228649
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-1356-9783
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Rehearsing Forgiveness by Acting out Vengeance: The Case of 'Mother of the Rapist' in Embodied Research Practice with War-Rape Survivors
Mocnik, Nena
Research in Drama Education, v24 n4 p478-489 2019
This paper shows how the turn from narrative to embodied research practice offers a space to women survivors of war-related sexual violence to rehearse "forgiveness" in the post-conflict setting, where its realisation seems unimaginable in the face of the extent of the crimes committed and the current sociopolitical situation. Using the case of 'Mother of the Oppressor', a short performative act created through the ethnographic research process, the topics around the relationship between survivors' individual desires "to forget," the pain stored in their bodies, and the collective demand from different social and political institutions "to forgive" are being discussed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina
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