| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 170 pages) |
| Series |
Memory Studies: Global Constellations |
| Contents |
INTRODUCTION: The Liberation Struggle as a Mnemonic DeviceTHE STRUGGLE AS THE CRADLE OF THE INDEPENDENT NATIONBuilding the Nation State and the centrality of the struggleThe "return to Africa" through musicThe end of the union with Guinea-Bissau and its impactsRecalibrating memoryBetween two rupturesTHE STRUGGLE IN THE MNEMONIC TRANSITIONThe political transition: causes and processesThe return of removed imagesA new paradigm of remembranceThe change in national symbolsThe mnemonic transition: reasons and circumstancesTHE STRUGGLE AND THE IMAGE OF THE COMBATANTConstructing the liberation struggle combatantPublic recognition and political disputesThe diversification of the image of the "combatant"A composite memorial frameworkTHE STRUGGLE AND CABRAL⁰́₉S AFTERLIVESCrossroads of memoryQuestioning CabralAlternative representationsThe new heirs: Protest and appropriationsEPILOGUEACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
| Summary |
Remembering the Liberation Struggles in Cape Verde: A Mnemohistory takes as its reference from the anti-colonial struggles against the Portuguese colonial empire in Africa in the 1960s and 1970s and the ways this period has been publicly remembered. Drawing on original and detailed empirical research, it presents novel insights into the complex entanglements between colonial pasts and political memories of anti-colonialism in shaping new nations arising out of liberation struggles. Broadening postcolonial memory studies by emphasising underdeveloped research cases, it provides the first comprehensive research into how the liberation struggle is memorialised in Cape Verde and why it changes over time. Proposing an innovative approach to thinking about this historical event as a political subject, the book argues that the "struggle" constitutes a mnemonic device mobilised while negotiating contemporaneous representations related to the Cape Verdean nation, state and society. As such, it will appeal to scholars of history, sociology, anthropology and politics with interests in memory studies and public memory, postcolonialisms and African studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
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Cabral, Amílcar, 1924-1973 -- Influence
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| SUBJECT |
Cabral, Amílcar, 1924-1973. fast (OCoLC)fst01860209 |
| Subject |
National liberation movements -- Cabo Verde -- History -- 20th century
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Decolonization -- Cabo Verde
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Collective memory -- Cabo Verde
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Collective memory.
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Decolonization.
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Historiography.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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National liberation movements.
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| SUBJECT |
Cabo Verde -- Historiography
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| Subject |
Cabo Verde.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nascimento Rodrigues, Inês
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| ISBN |
9781003265535 |
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1003265537 |
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9781000782677 |
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1000782670 |
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1000782700 |
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9781000782707 |
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