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Author:

Autry, Robyn K., author.

Title:

Desegregating the past : the public life of memory in the United States and South Africa / Robyn K. Autry.

Publisher:

Columbia University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xvi, 250 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

African Americans--Historiography.
Blacks--South Africa--Historiography.
Racism--United States--Historiography.
Racism--South Africa--Historiography.
Historical museums--United States.
Historical museums--South Africa.
Memory--Social aspects--United States.
Memory--Social aspects--South Africa.
United States--Historiography.--Historiography.
South Africa--Historiography.--Historiography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 227-237) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Desegregating the past -- Memory entrepreneurs : history in the making -- The curated past : remembering the collective -- Managing collective representations -- Breaking the collective : memory deviants -- Conclusion: The museumification of memory.

Summary:

"A sociological comparison of how South Africa and the United States engage and struggle with the institutionalized racism of their respective pasts through the lens of the development of history museums in both countries"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0231177585
9780231177580

OCLC:

(OCoLC)950448526

LCCN:

2016039618

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)