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Museum Times
Changing Histories in South AfricaMuseums and Collections, Band 16 1. Aufl.
32,99 € |
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Verlag: | Berghahn Books |
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Veröffentl.: | 10.06.2022 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9781800735392 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 300 |
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Beschreibungen
<p> Museums flourished in post-apartheid South Africa. In older museums, there were renovations on the go, and at least fifty new museums opened. Most sought to depict violence and suffering under apartheid and the growth of resistance. These unlikely journeys are tracked as museums became a primary setting for contesting histories. From the renowned Robben Island Museum to the almost unknown Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum, the author demonstrates how an institution concerned with the conservation of the past is simultaneously a site for changing history.</p>
<p> List of illustrations<br> Preface and Acknowledgements</p>
<p> <a><strong>Introduction</strong><strong>:</strong> Changing museums, reshaping histories</a></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 1.</strong> Remaking the chameleon: A history of history in South African museums<br> <strong>Chapter 2.</strong> History on the beach: Making a museum home in Lwandle<br> <strong>Chapter 3.</strong> History at sea: Re-making a museum of eventless history<br> <strong>Chapter 4.</strong> A new hippo for a new nation: The journey of a museum ‘across the frontier’ in post-apartheid South Africa<br> <strong>Chapter 5.</strong> The museum, the rabbit and national history: The voice of Robben Island<br> <strong>Chapter 6.</strong> ‘We are sick of Van Riebeeck, Van Riebeeck. We want to know our history’: Y350? and the re-making of settler histories in post-apartheid times</p>
<p> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Museums closing and opening</p>
<p> Bibliography</p>
<p> <a><strong>Introduction</strong><strong>:</strong> Changing museums, reshaping histories</a></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 1.</strong> Remaking the chameleon: A history of history in South African museums<br> <strong>Chapter 2.</strong> History on the beach: Making a museum home in Lwandle<br> <strong>Chapter 3.</strong> History at sea: Re-making a museum of eventless history<br> <strong>Chapter 4.</strong> A new hippo for a new nation: The journey of a museum ‘across the frontier’ in post-apartheid South Africa<br> <strong>Chapter 5.</strong> The museum, the rabbit and national history: The voice of Robben Island<br> <strong>Chapter 6.</strong> ‘We are sick of Van Riebeeck, Van Riebeeck. We want to know our history’: Y350? and the re-making of settler histories in post-apartheid times</p>
<p> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Museums closing and opening</p>
<p> Bibliography</p>
<p> <strong>Leslie Witz</strong> is a professor in the Department of History at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. He teaches African history and public history, and his research focuses on how different histories are created and represented in the public domain. Publications include <em>Apartheid’s Festival; Hostels, Homes Museum</em> (with Noëleen Murray); and <em>Unsettled History</em> (with Ciraj Rassool and Gary Minkley).</p>