Carola Lentz, David Lowe

Remembering Independence (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Remembering Independence explores the commemoration of independence following the wave of decolonisation after the Second World War. With case studies from Africa, Asia, and with reference to the Pacific, it draws on history and anthropology, and is ideal for students of the history of empire, decolonisation, and post-colonial politics of memory.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351203425
• Artikelnr.: 53262964

Autorenporträt

Carola Lentz is senior research professor of anthropology at Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz (Germany). Since November 2020, she serves as president of the Goethe-Institut. Her research focuses on West Africa, and questions of ethnicity and nationalism, colonial and post-colonial history, land rights, the emergence of a middle class, and the politics of memory. Her book Land, Mobility and Belonging in West Africa (2013) received the Melville Herskovits Prize by the African Studies Association of the US. She is a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

David Lowe is professor of contemporary history at Deakin University, Geelong (Australia). He is a historian of modern international relations, including decolonisation, the Cold War, and the rise of foreign aid. His book, Remembering the Cold War (2013), with Tony Joel, was the first in the Routledge Remembering the Modern World series. He is a member of the Academy for the Social Sciences in Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
Preface
Introduction
1. Remembering independence: concepts and media
2. Independence Days: remembering the past, contesting the present,
constructing the future
3. National heroes: making and unmaking the remembered
4. Martyrs, victims and anti-heroes: revisiting the national gallery
5. Regional aspirations and legitimising centres: constructing a national
mnemonic landscape
6. Adjusting the clock: temporal flexibility in remembering independence
Final reflections
Appendix: brief portraits of case study countries
Index