Navigating distorted territories : trauma, memory and history” in Tony Kushner's homebody Kabul
Other Title(s)
الإبحار في الأرض اليباب : b الصدمة و الذاكرة و التاريخ في مسرحية هوم بدي كابل للكاتب المسرحي توني كوشنر
Author
Source
Journal of Faculty of Education for Humanistic and Literary Sciences
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 26، ج. 2 (30 Apr. 2020), pp.57-96, 40 p.
Publisher
Ain Shams University Faculty of Education
Publication Date
2020-04-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
40
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This paper sheds light on the traumatic history associated with Afghanistan, one of the most war-torn places in the world, through the analysis of Tony Kushner's remarkable play Homebody/Kabul (2001) in the light of “trauma and memory” studies.
Being a Brechtian- politicized playwright who aims to engage the reader/spectator in other people's sufferings, Kushner dramatizes the traumatic events that the Afghans have witnessed and experienced during many years of colonialization and their aftermath through the lens of a British, middle-class housewife and the eyes of other Afghan characters.
In Homebody/Kabul, Kushner seeks to engage the Western reader in the trauma of the subjugated “Other” by navigating from one place to another, endeavoring to reflect on the historical, political and traumatic reality of a blighted territory.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Turki, Engy Ashur. 2020. Navigating distorted territories : trauma, memory and history” in Tony Kushner's homebody Kabul. Journal of Faculty of Education for Humanistic and Literary Sciences،Vol. 2020, no. 26، ج. 2, pp.57-96.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1157908
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Turki, Engy Ashur. Navigating distorted territories : trauma, memory and history” in Tony Kushner's homebody Kabul. Journal of Faculty of Education for Humanistic and Literary Sciences No. 26, ج. 2 (2020), pp.57-96.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1157908
American Medical Association (AMA)
Turki, Engy Ashur. Navigating distorted territories : trauma, memory and history” in Tony Kushner's homebody Kabul. Journal of Faculty of Education for Humanistic and Literary Sciences. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 26، ج. 2, pp.57-96.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1157908
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
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BIM-1157908