Items related to Landscape of Memory: Commemorative monuments, memorials...

Landscape of Memory: Commemorative monuments, memorials and public statuary in post-apartheid South Africa (Afrika-Studiecentrum Series, 15) - Softcover

Book 41 of 46: Afrika-Studiecentrum Series

Marschall, Sabine

 
9789004178564: Landscape of Memory: Commemorative monuments, memorials and public statuary in post-apartheid South Africa (Afrika-Studiecentrum Series, 15)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9004178562 ISBN 13: 9789004178564
Publisher: Brill, 2009

Synopsis

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.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Sabine Marschall, Dr.Phil. (1992) in History of Art, Eberhardt-Karls Universität Tübingen, is Associate Professor and programme director of Cultural and Heritage Tourism at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. She has published extensively on South African art, architecture, cultural heritage and commemoration.

From the Back Cover

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.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Brill
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9004178562
ISBN 13 
9789004178564
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
424