Troubling Images - Visual Culture and the Politics of Afrikaner Nationalism

Informationen zum Autor Federico Freschi (Editor) Federico Freschi is Head of the College of Art, Design and Architecture at Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand. Brenda Schmahmann (Editor) Brenda Schmahmann is Professor in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at the University of Johannesburg. Lize van Robbroeck (Editor) Lize van Robbroeck is an Associate Professor in Visual Studies at Stellenbosch University's Visual Arts Department, and Vice-Dean of Arts. Klappentext Troubling Images explores how art and visual culture helped to secure hegemonic claims to the nation-state via the construction of a unified Afrikaner imaginary. Zusammenfassung Offers a critical account of the role of art and visual culture in the construction of a unified Afrikaner imaginary. This volume examines the implications of metaphors and styles deployed in visual culture, and considers how the design of objects, images and architecture were informed by Afrikaner nationalist ideals.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gary Baines, Federico Freschi, Federico Freschi Freschi, Federico Schmahmann Freschi, Michael Godby, Albert Grundlingh, Lize van Robbroeck, Brenda Schmahmann, Brenda Robbroeck Schmahmann, Theo Sonnekus
• Con la collaborazione di: Federico Freschi (Editore), Lize van Robbroeck (Editore), Brenda Schmahmann (Editore)
• Editore: Wits University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781776144716
• ISBN: 978-1-77614-471-6
• Pagine: 328
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; HISTORY / Africa / General, History - General History