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The Resource Oral history, community and displacement : imagining memories in post-apartheid South Africa, Sean Field

Oral history, community and displacement : imagining memories in post-apartheid South Africa, Sean Field

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Summary
"This book uses oral history methodology to record stories of people who experienced the brunt of racist forced removals in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. Through life stories and community case studies, it traces the human impact of this disruptive, often violent feature of apartheid's social engineering. The impact of displacement is not simply the product of a racist and ethnocentric vision, but also the myriad of experiences of place, people, and communities, which are sustained in the present through remembering and imagining"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xvi, 221 pages
Contents
  • 37
  • Chapter 3
  • From the "Peaceful Past" to the "Violent Present": Memory, Myth, and Identity in Guguletu
  • 53
  • Chapter 4
  • Disappointed Men: Masculine Myths and Hybrid Identities in Windermere
  • 69
  • Part II
  • Post-Apartheid Imaginings, Sites, and Places Framing Notes II: Oral History through the Mind's Eye
  • 81
  • Part I
  • Chapter 5
  • Imagining Communities: Memory, Loss, and Resilience in Post-Apartheid Cape Town
  • 87
  • Chapter 6
  • Sites of Memory in Langa
  • 101
  • Chapter 7
  • "There Your Memory Runs Like a Camera Back": Moving Places and Audiovisual Oral Histories from Klipfontein Road
  • 117
  • Chapter 8
  • Communities and Identities under Apartheid Framing Notes I: Entangled Histories
  • "Others Killed in My Eyes": Rwandan Refugee Testimonies from Cape Town
  • 133
  • Part III
  • Conclusions without Closure Framing Notes III: The Politics of Memory, Oral History, and Voice
  • 147
  • Chapter 9
  • Beyond "Healing": Oral History, Trauma, and Regeneration
  • 153
  • Chapter 10
  • Disappointed Imaginings: Narcissism and Empathy in Post-Apartheid South Africa
  • 17
  • 165
  • Chapter 1
  • Remembering Experience, Interpreting Memory: Life Stories from Windermere
  • 23
  • Chapter 2
  • Fragile Identities: Memory, Emotion, and Coloured Residents of Windermere
Isbn
9781349291786
Instance
Label
Oral history, community and displacement : imagining memories in post-apartheid South Africa
Title
Oral history, community and displacement
Title remainder
imagining memories in post-apartheid South Africa
Statement of responsibility
Sean Field
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"This book uses oral history methodology to record stories of people who experienced the brunt of racist forced removals in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. Through life stories and community case studies, it traces the human impact of this disruptive, often violent feature of apartheid's social engineering. The impact of displacement is not simply the product of a racist and ethnocentric vision, but also the myriad of experiences of place, people, and communities, which are sustained in the present through remembering and imagining"--
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http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Field, Sean
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Palgrave studies in oral history
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Apartheid
  • Colored people (South Africa)
  • Forced migration
  • Oral history
  • Collective memory
  • Sociology, Urban
  • Cape Town (South Africa)
Label
Oral history, community and displacement : imagining memories in post-apartheid South Africa, Sean Field
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 37
  • Chapter 3
  • From the "Peaceful Past" to the "Violent Present": Memory, Myth, and Identity in Guguletu
  • 53
  • Chapter 4
  • Disappointed Men: Masculine Myths and Hybrid Identities in Windermere
  • 69
  • Part II
  • Post-Apartheid Imaginings, Sites, and Places Framing Notes II: Oral History through the Mind's Eye
  • 81
  • Part I
  • Chapter 5
  • Imagining Communities: Memory, Loss, and Resilience in Post-Apartheid Cape Town
  • 87
  • Chapter 6
  • Sites of Memory in Langa
  • 101
  • Chapter 7
  • "There Your Memory Runs Like a Camera Back": Moving Places and Audiovisual Oral Histories from Klipfontein Road
  • 117
  • Chapter 8
  • Communities and Identities under Apartheid Framing Notes I: Entangled Histories
  • "Others Killed in My Eyes": Rwandan Refugee Testimonies from Cape Town
  • 133
  • Part III
  • Conclusions without Closure Framing Notes III: The Politics of Memory, Oral History, and Voice
  • 147
  • Chapter 9
  • Beyond "Healing": Oral History, Trauma, and Regeneration
  • 153
  • Chapter 10
  • Disappointed Imaginings: Narcissism and Empathy in Post-Apartheid South Africa
  • 17
  • 165
  • Chapter 1
  • Remembering Experience, Interpreting Memory: Life Stories from Windermere
  • 23
  • Chapter 2
  • Fragile Identities: Memory, Emotion, and Coloured Residents of Windermere
Control code
ocn719428012
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
xvi, 221 pages
Isbn
9781349291786
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, map
System control number
(OCoLC)719428012
Label
Oral history, community and displacement : imagining memories in post-apartheid South Africa, Sean Field
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 37
  • Chapter 3
  • From the "Peaceful Past" to the "Violent Present": Memory, Myth, and Identity in Guguletu
  • 53
  • Chapter 4
  • Disappointed Men: Masculine Myths and Hybrid Identities in Windermere
  • 69
  • Part II
  • Post-Apartheid Imaginings, Sites, and Places Framing Notes II: Oral History through the Mind's Eye
  • 81
  • Part I
  • Chapter 5
  • Imagining Communities: Memory, Loss, and Resilience in Post-Apartheid Cape Town
  • 87
  • Chapter 6
  • Sites of Memory in Langa
  • 101
  • Chapter 7
  • "There Your Memory Runs Like a Camera Back": Moving Places and Audiovisual Oral Histories from Klipfontein Road
  • 117
  • Chapter 8
  • Communities and Identities under Apartheid Framing Notes I: Entangled Histories
  • "Others Killed in My Eyes": Rwandan Refugee Testimonies from Cape Town
  • 133
  • Part III
  • Conclusions without Closure Framing Notes III: The Politics of Memory, Oral History, and Voice
  • 147
  • Chapter 9
  • Beyond "Healing": Oral History, Trauma, and Regeneration
  • 153
  • Chapter 10
  • Disappointed Imaginings: Narcissism and Empathy in Post-Apartheid South Africa
  • 17
  • 165
  • Chapter 1
  • Remembering Experience, Interpreting Memory: Life Stories from Windermere
  • 23
  • Chapter 2
  • Fragile Identities: Memory, Emotion, and Coloured Residents of Windermere
Control code
ocn719428012
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
xvi, 221 pages
Isbn
9781349291786
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, map
System control number
(OCoLC)719428012

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