The politics of heritage in Africa : economies, histories, and infrastructures
International African Institute. Ed. by Derek R. Peterson; Kodzo Gavua; Ciraj Rassool
| Year of publication: |
2015
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| Other Persons: | Peterson, Derek R. (ed.) ; Gavua, Kodzo (ed.) ; Rassool, Ciraj (ed.) |
| Institutions: | Politics of Heritage Conference <2011, Johannesburg> (contributor) ; International African Institute <London> (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
London : International African Institute [u.a.] |
| Subject: | Kulturgüter | Cultural heritage | Soziale Werte | Social values | Kulturpolitik | Cultural policy | Afrika | Africa | Subsaharisches Afrika | Kollektives Gedächtnis | Denkmal | Kulturerbe |
| Extent: | XX, 291 S. Ill., Kt. 24 cm |
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| Conferences: | Politics of Heritage in Africa Conference ; (Johannesburg) : 2011.07 |
| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Type of publication (narrower categories): | Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Sammelwerk ; Collection of articles of several authors |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Papers first presented at a conference held July 2011 at Museum Africa, Johannesburg Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-278) and index Enth. 12 Beitr. Introduction: heritage management in colonial and contemporary Africa / Derek Peterson Heritage and legacy in the South African state and university / Daniel Herwitz Seeing beyond the official and the vernacular : the Duncan Village Massacre memorial and the politics of heritage in South Africa / Gary Minkley and Phindi Mnyaka Fences, signs and property : heritage, development and the making of location in Lwandle / Leslie Witz and Noëleen Murray Monuments and negotiations of power in Ghana / Kodzo Gavua Of chiefs, tourists and culture : heritage production in contemporary Ghana / Ray Silverman Human remains, the disciplines of the dead, and the South African memorial complex / Ciraj Rassool Heritage vs. heritage : reaching for pre-Zulu identities in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa / Mbongiseni Buthelezi 9/11 and the painful death of an Asante king : national tragedies in comparative perspective / Kwesi Yankah Visions of ethnicity in nineteenth-century African linguistics / Judy Irvine The role of language in forging new identities : countering a heritage of servitude / Mary Esther Dakubu Folk opera and the cultural politics of post-independence Ghana : Saka Acquaye's "The lost fishermen" / Moses Nii-Dortey Flashes of modernity : heritage according to cinema / Litheko Modisane Conclusion / Carolyn Hamilton. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-107-09485-7 |
| Classification: | Wissenschaftspolitik, Kulturpolitik ; Kultursoziologie: Allgemeines ; Afrika südlich der Sahara |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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