Deconstructing museums and memorials in pre- and post-apartheid South Africa

Meents, Tamara Leora

dc.contributor.advisor	Potgieter, F. J. (Frederik Johannes)	en
dc.contributor.author	Meents, Tamara Leora	en
dc.date.accessioned	2010-06-30T09:37:04Z
dc.date.available	2010-06-30T09:37:04Z
dc.date.issued	2009-11
dc.date.submitted	2010-06-30
dc.identifier.citation	Meents, Tamara Leora (2009) Deconstructing museums and memorials in pre- and post-apartheid South Africa, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3399>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3399
dc.description.abstract	This study examines the ways in which museums and memorials within South African society commemorate events of the past. Various examples of museums and memorials are chosen and identified according to the ways in which they embody postmodern or modern thought. Postmodern and modern museums are deconstructed according to various post-structural tenets so as to arrive at a broader understanding on how they are able to remain a continuously relevant and vital part of contemporary society.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (122 leaves)	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Post-structuralism	en
dc.subject	Structuralism	en
dc.subject	Postmodernism	en
dc.subject	Deconstruction	en
dc.subject	Hierarchical Binaries	en
dc.subject	Othering	en
dc.subject	Bricoleur	en
dc.subject	Metaphor	en
dc.subject	Reconstruction	en
dc.subject	Meta-narrative	en
dc.subject.ddc	069.968
dc.subject.lcsh	Museums -- Political aspects -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Museums -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Museums -- Political aspects
dc.title	Deconstructing museums and memorials in pre- and post-apartheid South Africa	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology	en
dc.description.degree	M.A. (Art History)	en