The politics and aesthetics of commemoration: national days in southern Africa

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dc.contributor.authorBecker, Heike
dc.contributor.authorLentz, Carola
dc.date.accessioned10/06/2017 12:24
dc.date.available10/06/2017 12:24
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe contributions to the special section in this issue study recent independence celebrations and other national days in South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar and the Democratic Republic of Congo. They explore the role of national days in state-making and nation-building, and examine the performativity of nationalism and the role of performances in national festivities. Placing the case studies in a broader, comparative perspective, the introduction first discusses the role of the state in national celebrations, highlighting three themes: firstly, the political power-play and contested politics of memory involved in the creation of a country�s festive calendar; secondly, the relationship between state control of national days and civic or popular participation or contestation; and thirdly, the complex relationship between regional and ethnic loyalties and national identifications. It then turns to the role of performance and aesthetics in the making of nations in general, and in national celebrations in particular. Finally, we look at the different formats and meanings of national days in the region and address the question whether there is anything specific about national days in southern Africa as compared to other parts of the continent or national celebrations world-wide.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Science
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02580144.2013.10887019
dc.identifier.citationBecker, H. & Lentz, C. (2013). The politics and aesthetics of commemoration: national days in southern Africa. Anthropology Southern Africa, 36(1-2): 1-10.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0258-0144
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/2959
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.rightsThis is the author-version of the article published online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02580144.2013.10887019
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectSouthern Africaen_US
dc.subjectNational daysen_US
dc.subjectNationalismen_US
dc.subjectNational celebrationsen_US
dc.subjectPerformance Aestheticsen_US
dc.titleThe politics and aesthetics of commemoration: national days in southern Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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