TY - BOOK ID - 77935958 TI - Landscape of memory: commemorative monuments, memorials and public statuary in post-apartheid South-Africa PY - 2010 SN - 128295069X 9786612950698 9047440919 9789047440918 9781282950696 9789004178564 9004178562 PB - Leiden Brill DB - UniCat KW - Monuments KW - Post-apartheid era KW - Memory KW - Politics in art. KW - Retention (Psychology) KW - Intellect KW - Psychology KW - Thought and thinking KW - Comprehension KW - Executive functions (Neuropsychology) KW - Mnemonics KW - Perseveration (Psychology) KW - Reproduction (Psychology) KW - Social aspects KW - South Africa KW - History KW - Geschichte 1994-2009. KW - Political philosophy. Social philosophy KW - Sociology of culture KW - anno 1990-1999 KW - anno 2000-2009 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77935958 AB - 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. ER -