Desegregating the past : the public life of memory in the United States and South Africa /

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"At the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa, visitors confront the past upon arrival. They must decide whether to enter the museum through a door marked 'whites' or another marked 'non-whites.' Inside, along with text, they encounter hanging nooses and other remin...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Autry, Robyn K.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Series:Columbia scholarship online.
Subjects:
African Americans > Historiography.
Black people > 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.
Noirs américains > Historiographie.
Racisme > États-Unis > Historiographie.
Racisme > Afrique du Sud > Historiographie.
Histoire > Musées > États-Unis.
Histoire > Musées > Afrique du Sud.
Personnes noires > Afrique du Sud > Historiographie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Black Studies (Global)
African Americans > Historiography
Black people > Historiography
Historical museums
Memory > Social aspects
Race relations > Historiography
Racism > Historiography
United States > Race relations > Historiography.
South Africa > Race relations > Historiography.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Historiographie.
Afrique du Sud > Relations raciales > Historiographie.
South Africa
United States
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Table of 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.

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