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Making heritage pay in the Rainbow Nation

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Making heritage pay in the Rainbow Nation

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Making heritage pay in the Rainbow Nation book

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Making heritage pay in the Rainbow Nation book

ByLynn Meskell
BookA Museum Studies Approach to Heritage

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Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2018
Imprint Routledge
Pages 23
eBook ISBN 9781315668505

ABSTRACT

This chapter examines the role of post-apartheid heritage making, comparing the expedient political rhetoric of the 1990s with the subsequent problems of implementation and transformation. It outlines the complex issues to find full expression in Kruger at the inauguration of the new nation. The chapter shows that heritage operates as a more complex form of self-compensation or therapy. The chapter suggests that South Africa represents an extreme example for numerous historical reasons. It also suggests that the re-enchantment of South Africa's tribal heritage capitalizes upon various historical and contemporary projects. The chapter shows that researching the forms of heritage making would likely duplicate their findings. In the new South Africa such productions are sanctioned forms of making heritage, creating jobs, boosting tourism, and celebrating culture and ethnic pride in the Rainbow Nation. A more cosmopolitan approach to heritage would not always endorse a preservationist stance, nor attempt to congeal people within some preserved ancient authenticity.

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