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Screening the Past: Reflexivity, Repetition and the Spectator in Lola Arias' Minefield/Campo minado (2016)

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

MAGUIRE, GEOFFREY 

Abstract

jats:pThis article examines the role performed by the autobiographical body in Lola Arias' documentary play jats:italicMinefield</jats:italic> (2016). Through a ‘hypermedial’ representation of the cultural memory archive, Arias challenges dominant perspectives towards the Malvinas/Falklands conflict by repeatedly using screens, recording devices and documentary footage to highlight the mediation and subjectivity inherent in both individual and collective memories of the past. By engaging with recent work on documentary theatre and live performance, this article reflects on how jats:italicMinefield</jats:italic>'s narrative repetition and formal reflexivity demand, though ultimately confound, an empathetic connection between performer and audience.</jats:p>

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Keywords

4404 Development Studies, 4408 Political Science, 44 Human Society

Journal Title

Bulletin of Latin American Research

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Journal ISSN

0261-3050
1470-9856

Volume Title

38

Publisher

Wiley