Commemorating 'Struggle Heroes': Constructing a genealogy for the New South Africa

International Journal of Heritage Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 176-193

  Marschall, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apartheid; Commemoration; Heroes; Identity formation; Monuments; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347315224     PISSN: 13527258     EISSN: 14703610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13527250500496136     Document Type: Article

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