Negotiating the Past
Author | : Sarah Nuttall |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1998 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015045630418 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Negotiating the Past by : Sarah Nuttall
Download or read book Negotiating the Past written by Sarah Nuttall and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nations as well as individuals are in many ways the sum of their memories, which are shaped by perception as much as by events. This collection of essays by South African academics looks at the ways the country is dealing with its past, a complex mixture of colonialism, slavery, apartheid,struggle, and guilt. The emphasis is on how that past is being perceived and moulded in the post-apartheid era.