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Landscape of memory : commemorative monuments, memorials and public statuary in post-apartheid South-Africa /

"Under the aegis of the post-apartheid government, much emphasis has been placed on the transformation and democratisation of the heritage sector in South Africa since 1994. The emergent new landscape of memory relies heavily on commemorative monuments, memorials and statues aimed at reconcilia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marschall, Sabine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Colección:Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; v. 15.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cultural heritage conservation and policy
  • Paying tribute: The first public memorials to the victims of the liberation movements
  • Coming to terms with trauma: The TRC and memorials to the victims of apartheid violence
  • Imagining community through bereavement: The institutionalisation of traumatic memory
  • Dealing with the commemorative legacy of the past
  • Defining national identity with heritage: The National Legacy Project
  • Freedom Park as national site of identification
  • Celebrating 'mothers of the nation': The Monument to the Women of South Africa in Pretoria
  • Africanising the symbolic landscape: Post-apartheid monuments as 'critical response'
  • Commodification, tourism and the need for visual markers.