The art of nation-building: (re) presenting political transition at the South African National Gallery

Cultural Geographies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 218-242

  Crampton, Andrew ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; MUSEUM; NATIONAL IDENTITY; POST-APARTHEID; STATE BUILDING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0345415769     PISSN: 14744740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1474474003eu270oa     Document Type: Article

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