Nelson Mandela : a very short introduction /
As well as being a remarkable statesman, Nelson Mandela has become a universal symbol of justice, a secular saint. Elleke Boehmer examines not only the great anti-apartheid leader's life, but also the ways in which images and representations have been used to create the Mandela we know today -...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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Colección: | Very short introductions.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | As well as being a remarkable statesman, Nelson Mandela has become a universal symbol of justice, a secular saint. Elleke Boehmer examines not only the great anti-apartheid leader's life, but also the ways in which images and representations have been used to create the Mandela we know today - an internationally recognized icon of freedom. - ;As well as being a remarkable statesman and one of the world's longest-detained political prisoners, Nelson Mandela has become an exemplary figure of non-racialism and democracy, a moral giant. Once a man with an unknown face, he became after his 1994 rel. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (204 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-189) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780191539244 0191539244 9780191577727 0191577723 9786611769789 6611769781 |