Beyond collective memory: structural complicity and future freedoms in Senegalese and South African narratives

"Beyond Collective Memory analyzes how two African places became icons of "memory" for certain publics, yet remain marginal to discourses of national and continental "memory." Thiaroye, a Senegalese location of a colonial-era massacre, and District Six, a South African neigh...

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1. Verfasser: Goldblatt, David 1965- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Abschlussarbeit Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York ; London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Schriftenreihe:Routledge studies in comparative literature
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Zusammenfassung:"Beyond Collective Memory analyzes how two African places became icons of "memory" for certain publics, yet remain marginal to discourses of national and continental "memory." Thiaroye, a Senegalese location of a colonial-era massacre, and District Six, a South African neighborhood destroyed under apartheid, have epitomized a shared "memory" of racist violence and resistant community."
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (vii, 226 Seiten)
ISBN:9781003095538
DOI:10.4324/9781003095538