In a bold, decisive departure from the dominant power-politics
analysis, 'Acting out the Myths' employs a narrative social
constructionist approach to interrogate the 1980-1987 Matabeleland
conflict in Zimbabwe. It offers a provocative look at the violence
meta-narrative manufactured by the ZANU-PF government and imposed
on the nation's citizenry. This all-encompassing meta-narrative is
contrasted to the subjugated counter-narratives formulated as
alternative stories of resistance by recipient communities. The
generative nature of the intersection between these scripted forms
of violence is skillfully deconstructed by surfacing five salient
narrative themes: Ethnicity, Nationalism, Loyalty, Legitimacy, and
Unity. The author artfully decodes the power and function of
violent narrative discourse in the formulation of ethnic
identities, nation-state ordering, historical exclusion, political
discipline, and social uniformity. The text's premise is that
durable peace in Zimbabwe will only be realized to the extent that
the silenced voices of the Matabeleland massacres are afforded
public and sustained recognition in the collective memory of the
nation.
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