Commemorating and forgetting: challenges for the new South Africa

TitleCommemorating and forgetting: challenges for the new South Africa
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2013
AuthorsMartin J. Murray
PublisherUniversity of Minnesota Press,
ISBN Number9780816682, 9780816683
Call NumberDT1971 .M87 2013, 968.06/5072
Notes

'Table of Contents: Memory and amnesia after apartheid -- The power of collective memory -- White lies: myth-making and social memory in the service of white minority rule -- Facing backward, looking forward: the politics of remembering and forgetting -- Collective memory in place: the Voortrekker Monument and the Hector Pieterson Memorial -- Haunted heritage: visual display at District Six and Robben Island -- Makeshift memorials: marking time with vernacular remembrance -- Textual memories: autobiographical writing at a time of uncertainty -- Epilogue: history and heritage.'
'bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.'
'statement of responsibility: Martin J. Murray.'

Short TitleCommemorating and forgetting