Shame and Apology in the Nation-State: Reflections and Remembrance

ISBN-13: 9783659386657 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 340 str.

Ingelbrecht Suzanne

Opis

Dr Ingelbrechts book consists of a play, a short story and an exegesis that critically explore shame, apology and forgiveness in the context of national commemoration, the Stolen Generations and Kevin Rudds apology speech. Particular emphasis is focused on the views of mixed heritage families of Aboriginal-Afghan-Anglo cultural descent. Her play "Sorry" explores how collective memory of the past, including traumatic memory of being taken from ones family, affects the present in complex and surprising ways. Her exegesis, "Shame and Apology in the Nation-State: Reflections and Remembrance" explores the importance of national commemoration, such as ANZAC Day, in promoting national collective memory, and concludes that a collective annual commemoration on behalf of the nations "stolen" people would be a more compelling reconciliatory act than a single apology by a particular prime minister.

O autorze

Dr Suzanne Ingelbrecht is a theatre practitioner and educator based in Perth, Western Australia. Her plays have been performed in Australia and overseas, and are published by the Australian Script Centre at www.ozscript.org/playwright3369.html. Shame and Apology in the Nation-State: Reflections and Remembrance is her first book.