Apartheid's festival
Subtitle: contesting South Africa's national pasts
By: Leslie Witz.
Series: African systems of thought
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Festivals -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century.; Public history -- South Africa.; Apartheid -- South Africa.; Cape Town (South Africa) -- Anniversaries, etc.; South Africa -- Cultural policy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-316) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : journeys, festivals, and the making of national pasts; title: Van Riebeeck's pasts; title: "We build a nation" : the festival of unity and exclusion; title: Contesting van Riebeeck's nation; title: "N fees vir die oog" [a festival/feast for the eye] : looking in on the 1952 Jan van Riebeeck Tercentenary Festival Fair; title: Local and national pasts : the journeys of the mail coach "settlers" through the Eastern Cape; title: Conclusion : post van Riebeeck.