Coombes, Annie E.,

History after apartheid : visual culture and public memory in a democratic South Africa / Annie E. Coombes. - xviii, 366 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-354) and index.

Introduction: Making History Memorable -- Translating the Past: Apartheid Monuments in Postapartheid South Africa -- Robben Island: Site of Memory / Site of Nation -- District Six: The Archaeology of Memory -- New Histories for Old: Museological Strategies -- What's in a Name? The Place of "Ethnicity" in the "New" South Africa -- New Subjectivities for the New Nation -- Epilogue: Changing Places. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

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Monuments--South Africa
Historic sites--Interpretive programs--South Africa
Historical museums--South Africa
Memory--Social aspects--South Africa
Art, South African--20th century
Politics in art
Post-apartheid era--South Africa
Anti-apartheid movements--South Africa


South Africa--Cultural policy
South Africa--Race relations
South Africa--History--1994-

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