Learning to Live with Ghosts in the Aftermath of War: On documentary strategies in Rabih Mroué’s How Nancy Wished That Everything Was an April Fool's Joke.

The past decade has witnessed a surge in quasi-documentary art forms engaging with the topic of war and conflict. Taking its point of departure in this trend, this article will analyse and discuss the performanceHow Nancy Wished That Everything Was an April Fool's Jokeby Lebanese artist Rabih Mroué....

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Publicado en:Journal of War & Culture Studies Vol. 8; no. 4; pp. 328 - 347
Autor principal: Gade, Solveig
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Nov2015
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