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Desegregating the past : the public life of memory in the United States and South Africa / Robyn K. Autry

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Author:
Autry, Robyn K.  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 250 pages ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
South Africa
United States
Date:
2017
Contents:
Introduction: Desegregating the past -- Memory entrepreneurs : history in the making -- The curated past : remembering the collective -- Managing collective representations -- Breaking the collective : memory deviants -- Conclusion: The museumification of memory
Summary:
"A sociological comparison of how South Africa and the United States engage and struggle with the institutionalized racism of their respective pasts through the lens of the development of history museums in both countries"--Provided by publisher.
Topic:
African Americans--Historiography  Search this
Black people--Historiography  Search this
Racism--Historiography  Search this
Historical museums  Search this
Memory--Social aspects  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Historiography  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1074704