Heritage, culture, and politics in the postcolony /

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The postcolonial state, like its European predecessor of the 18th and 19th centuries, deploys heritage institutions and instruments, museums, courts of law, and universities to empower itself with unity, longevity, exaltation of value, origin, and destiny. This book reveals the febrile pitch at whic...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Herwitz, Daniel Alan, 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Social sciences and history.
National characteristics, East Indian.
National characteristics, South African.
National characteristics, American.
Postcolonialism > India.
Postcolonialism > South Africa.
Postcolonialism > United States.
Sciences sociales et histoire.
Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde)
Sud-Africains.
Postcolonialisme > Inde.
Postcolonialisme > Afrique du Sud.
Postcolonialisme > États-Unis.
HISTORY > Historiography.
HISTORY > Social History.
Historiography > Social aspects
National characteristics, American
National characteristics, East Indian
National characteristics, South African
Postcolonialism
Social sciences and history
India > Historiography > Social aspects.
South Africa > Historiography > Social aspects.
United States > Historiography > Social aspects.
India
South Africa
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The heritage of heritage
  • Recovering and inventing the past : M.F. Husain's live action heritage
  • Sustaining heritage off the road to Kruger Park
  • Monument, ruin, and redress in South African heritage
  • Renaissance and pandemic
  • Tocqueville on the bridge to nowhere.

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