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Commemorating and forgetting : challenges for the new South Africa

How is the historical past made to appear in the present? In addressing this question, Murray reveals how collective memory is stored and disseminated in architecture, statuary, monuments and memorials, literature, and art - 'landscapes of remembrance' that selectively recall and even fabr...

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Main Author: Murray, Martin J. (Author)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press , 2013
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Online Access:http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/upso-ebooks-art/dx.doi.org/10.5749/minnesota/9780816682997.001.0001
Related Items:Erscheint auch als: Commemorating and forgetting
Author Notes:Martin J. Murray
E-Book Packages:Oxford University Press : Minnesota Scholarship Online / Architecture
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Summary:How is the historical past made to appear in the present? In addressing this question, Murray reveals how collective memory is stored and disseminated in architecture, statuary, monuments and memorials, literature, and art - 'landscapes of remembrance' that selectively recall and even fabricate history in the service of nation-building.
Physical Description:Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xi, 305 pages))
ISBN:9781452948607