Landscape of memory : commemorative monuments, memorials and public statuary in post-apartheid South-Africa /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Marschall, Sabine.
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 407 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Afrika-Studiecentrum series, 1570-9310 ; v. 15 Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; v. 15.
Subject:	Monuments -- South Africa. Post-apartheid era -- South Africa. Memory -- Social aspects -- South Africa. Politics in art. Memory -- Social aspects. Monuments. Politics in art. Post-apartheid era. South Africa -- History -- 1994- South Africa. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11234616

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ISBN:	9789047440918 9047440919 128295069X 9781282950696 9789004178564 9004178562
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"Under the aegis of the post-apartheid government, much emphasis has been placed on the transformation and democratisation of the heritage sector in South Africa since 1994. The emergent new landscape of memory relies heavily on commemorative monuments, memorials and statues aimed at reconciliation, nation-building and the creation of a shared public history. But not everyone identifies with these new symbolic markers and their associated interpretation of the past. Drawing on a number of theoretical perspectives, this book critically investigates the flourishing monument phenomenon in South Africa, the political discourses that fuel it; its impact on identity formation, its potential benefits, and most importantly its ambivalences and contradictions."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Marschall, Sabine. Landscape of memory. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010 9789004178564

Table of Contents:

Cultural heritage conservation and policy
Paying tribute: The first public memorials to the victims of the liberation movements
Coming to terms with trauma: The TRC and memorials to the victims of apartheid violence
Imagining community through bereavement: The institutionalisation of traumatic memory
Dealing with the commemorative legacy of the past
Defining national identity with heritage: The National Legacy Project
Freedom Park as national site of identification
Celebrating 'mothers of the nation': The Monument to the Women of South Africa in Pretoria
Africanising the symbolic landscape: Post-apartheid monuments as 'critical response'
Commodification, tourism and the need for visual markers.

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