Description: The Politics of Heritage in Africa: Economies, Histories, And Infrastructures: 48 (The International African Library, Series Number 48) Cambridge University Press Paperback Unused and unread, minor cosmetic imperfections such as scuffing or minor creasing. Stamped 'damaged' by publisher to a non-text page. EAN: 9781107477476 Published: 31/08/2017 Language: English Heritage work has had a uniquely wide currency in Africa's politics. Secure within the pages of books, encoded in legal statutes, encased in glass display cases and enacted in the panoply of court ritual, the artefacts produced by the heritage domain have become a resource for government administration, a library for traditionalists and a marketable source of value for cultural entrepreneurs. The Politics of Heritage in Africa draws together disparate fields of study - history, archaeology, linguistics, the performing arts and cinema - to show how the lifeways of the past were made into capital, a store of authentic knowledge that political and cultural entrepreneurs could draw from. This book shows African heritage to be a mode of political organisation, a means by which the relics of the past are shored up, reconstructed and revalued as commodities, as tradition, as morality or as patrimony. 1. Introduction heritage management in colonial and contemporary Africa D. R. Peterson 2. Heritage and legacy in the South African state and university D. Herwitz 3. Seeing beyond the official and the vernacular the Duncan Village Massacre Memorial and the politics of heritage in South Africa G. Minkley and P. Mnyaka 4. Fences, signs and property heritage, development and the making of location in Lwandle L. Witz and N. Murray 5. Monuments and negotiations of power in Ghana K. Gavua 6. Of chiefs, tourists and culture heritage production in contemporary Ghana R. Silverman 7. Human remains, the disciplines of the dead and the South African memorial complex C. Rassool 8. Heritage versus heritage reaching for pre-Zulu identities in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa M. Buthelezi 9. 9/11 and the painful death of an Asante king national tragedies in comparative perspective K. Yankah 10. Visions of ethnicity in nineteenth-century African linguistics J. Irvine 11. The role of language in forging new identities countering a heritage of servitude M. E. Dakubu 12. Folk opera and the cultural politics of post-independence Ghana Saka Acquaye's 'The Lost Fishermen' M. Nii-Dortey 13. Flashes of modernity heritage according to cinema L. Modisane 14. Conclusion C. Hamilton. DispatchIn stock here - same-day dispatch from England. My SKU: 3290851RefundsNo-hassle refunds are always available if your book is not as expected.Terms and Conditions of SaleSorry - no collections. All sales are subject to extended Terms and Conditions of Sale as well as the Return Policy and Payment Instructions. Visit my eBay Store for details andmany more books. Template layout and design, "JNC Academic Books", "needbooks", Copyright © JNC INC. Designated trademarks, layouts and brands are the property of their respective owners. All Rights Reserved.
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Author: Derek R. Peterson, Kodzo Gavua, Ciraj Rassool
Publication Name: The Politics of Heritage in Africa: Economies, Histories, and Infrastructures
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Subject: Anthropology, History
Publication Year: 2017
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 480g
Number of Pages: 313 Pages
