Heritage as therapy: Set pieces from the New South Africa

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-173

  Meskell, Lynn ^a   Scheermeyer, Colette ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Archaeology Palaeontology and Meteorites (APM) Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Freedom Park; Kassiesbaai; Kliptown; Post apartheid monuments; South African heritage; South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA); Waenhuiskrans Cultural Landscape

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; DEMOCRACY; MATERIAL CULTURE; MONUMENT; MUSEUM; POST-APARTHEID; PUBLIC SPACE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 45349090140     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: 14603586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359183508090899     Document Type: Article

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