The Locator -- [(subject = "Political culture--South Africa")]

15 records matched your query       


Record 5 | Previous Record | MARC Display | Next Record | Search Results
Author:
Murray, Martin J.
Title:
Commemorating and forgetting : challenges for the new South Africa / Martin J. Murray.
Publisher:
University of Minnesota Press,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
xi, 305 p. ; 22 cm.
Subject:
South Africa--Historiography.
Collective memory--South Africa.
Public history--South Africa.
Political culture--South Africa.
Social change--Psychological aspects.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
081668300X (pb : alk. paper)
9780816683000 (pb : alk. paper)
0816682992 (hc : alk. paper)
9780816682997 (hc : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)816563883
LCCN:
2013010195
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

Initiate Another SILO Locator Search

This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.