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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154708503321

Autore

Witz Leslie

Titolo

Apartheid's Festival : Contesting South Africa's National Pasts / / Leslie Witz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : , : Indiana University Press, , 2003

©2003

ISBN

0-253-02831-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (339 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

African Systems of Thought

Disciplina

968.73/55

Soggetti

Apartheid - South Africa

Public history - South Africa

Festivals - South Africa - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

South Africa Cultural policy

Cape Town (South Africa) Anniversaries, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-316) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : journeys, festivals, and the making of national pasts -- Van Riebeeck's pasts -- "We build a nation" : the festival of unity and exclusion -- Contesting van Riebeeck's nation -- "N fees vir die oog" [a festival/feast for the eye] : looking in on the 1952 Jan van Riebeeck Tercentenary Festival Fair -- Local and national pasts : the journeys of the mail coach "settlers" through the Eastern Cape -- Conclusion : post van Riebeeck.