Becoming worthy ancestors : archive, public deliberations and identity in South Africa /

Why does it matter that nations should care for their archives, and that they should develop a sense of shared identity? And why should these processes take place in the public domain? How can nations possibly speak about a shared sense of identity in pluralistic societies where individuals and grou...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Mangcu, Xolela, 1966- (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2011.
Sujets:
Collective memory > South Africa.
Identity politics > South Africa.
Civil rights movements > South Africa.
Mémoire collective > Afrique du Sud.
Politique identitaire > Afrique du Sud.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Afrique du Sud.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Civil rights movements
Collective memory
Identity politics
Race relations
South Africa > Race relations.
Afrique du Sud > Relations raciales.
South Africa
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Résumé:Why does it matter that nations should care for their archives, and that they should develop a sense of shared identity? And why should these processes take place in the public domain? How can nations possibly speak about a shared sense of identity in pluralistic societies where individuals and groups have multiple identities? And how can such conversations be given relevance in public discussions of reconciliation and development in South Africa? These are the issues that the Public Conversations lecture series-an initiative of the Constitution of Public Intellectual Life Project at Wits Univ.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (186 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781868145577
1868145573
9781868148202
1868148203

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