Commemorating and forgetting : challenges for the new South Africa
Martin Murray
Bok · Engelsk · 2013
| Omfang | xi, 305 sider : illustrasjoner, kart
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| Opplysninger | Memory and amnesia after apartheid -- The power of collective memory -- White lies: myth-making and social memory in the service of white minority rule -- Facing backward, looking forward: the politics of remembering and forgetting -- Collective memory in place: the Voortrekker Monument and the Hector Pieterson Memorial -- Haunted heritage: visual display at District Six and Robben Island -- Makeshift memorials: marking time with vernacular remembrance -- Textual memories: autobiographical writing at a time of uncertainty -- Epilogue: history and heritage.. - "Commemorating and Forgetting addresses the new South Africa’s confrontation with the problem of remembrance: how much of the past to preserve and recollect and how much to erase and move forward? This work marks a critical move toward recognizing how the legacies and impositions of white minority rule remain embedded in and imprinted on the new nation’s here and now."
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| Emner | Collective memory - South Africa.
Political culture - South Africa. Public history - South Africa. Social change - Psychological aspects. Vis mer... historiografi kollektiv hukommelse minnekultur politisk kultur sosial endring psykologiske aspekter
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| ISBN | 9780816682997. - 9780816683000
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