History After Apartheid: Visual Culture and Public Memory in a Democratic South Africa

by Annie E. Coombes

Book Overview

The democratic election of Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa in 1994 marked the demise of apartheid and the beginning of a new struggle to define the nation's past. History after Apartheid analyzes how, in the midst of the momentous shift to an inclusive democracy, South Africa's visual and material culture represented the past while at the same time contributing to the process of social transformation. Considering attempts to invent and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822330725
• ISBN13: 9780822330721
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"