Public History and Culture in South Africa - Memorialisation and Liberation Heritage Sites in Johannesburg and the Township Space (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

The post-apartheid era in South Africa has, in the space of nearly two decades, experienced a massive memory boom, manifest in a plethora of new memorials and museums and in the renaming of streets, buildings, cities and more across the country. This memorialisation is intricately linked to questions of power, liberation and public history in the making and remaking of the South African nation. Ali Khangela Hlongwane and Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu analyse an array of these liberation heritage sites, including the Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum, the June 16, 1976 Interpretation Centre, the Apartheid Museum and the Mandela House Museum, foregrounding the work of migrant workers, architects, visual artists and activists in the practice of memorialisation. As they argue, memorialisation has been integral to the process of state and nation formation from the pre-colonial era through the present day.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	African Histories and Modernities
Release date:	May 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Ali Khangela Hlongwane • Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	282
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-014748-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > African history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Promotions
LSN:	3-03-014748-7
Barcode:	9783030147488

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