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Apartheid's festival : contesting South Africa's national pasts /

Apartheid's Festival highlights the conflicts and debates that surrounded the 1952 celebration of the 300th anniversary of the landing of Jan Van Riebeeck and the founding of Cape Town, South Africa. Taking place at the height of the apartheid era, the festival was viewed by many as an opportun...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Witz, Leslie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2003.
Colección:African systems of thought.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : journeys, festivals, and the making of national pasts
  • Van Riebeeck's pasts
  • "We build a nation" : the festival of unity and exclusion
  • Contesting van Riebeeck's nation
  • "N fees vir die oog" [a festival/feast for the eye] : looking in on the 1952 Jan van Riebeeck Tercentenary Festival Fair
  • Local and national pasts : the journeys of the mail coach "settlers" through the Eastern Cape
  • Conclusion : post van Riebeeck.