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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Main Author: Goldblatt, David 1965- (Author)
Format: Thesis Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Series:Routledge studies in comparative literature
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Online Access:BSB01
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Summary:"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."
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (vii, 226 Seiten)
ISBN:9781003095538
DOI:10.4324/9781003095538

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