Democracy X : : marking the present, re-presenting the past / / editors, Andries Walter Oliphant, Peter Delius, Lalou Meltzer.

• Superior document: Imagined South Africa ; 7
• TeilnehmendeR: Oliphant, Andries Walter,; Delius, Peter; Meltzer, Lalou,
• Place / Publishing House: Pretoria : : University of South Africa Press,, [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Series: Imagined South Africa ; 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (347 pages)

This book is a catalogue and a reader. It is the companion to the exhibition "Democracy X' held in Cape Town 2004. It also explores a range of historical, cultural and political matters around the 10th anniversary of the new democratic South-Africa. Richly illustrated, this book includes essays of eminent writers about topics such as the Boer War, the Iron Age, ethnic politics, nationalism, film and popular media.

Table of Contents

Traces of humanity : material imprints of the human past / Patricia Davison -- South African pottery / Simon Hall -- The iron age : indigenous metal technology in southern Africa / Duncan Miller -- The forced removal of the Preswich dead / Michael Weeder -- The archaeology of imprisonment on Robben Island in relation to colonialism, apartheid, and contemporary South Africa / Mavis Smallberg and Irene Mafune -- Make-overs of two women : illustrated history and gender bias / Helen Bradford -- "Learning about sex" : historical perspectives on sexual education in South Africa / Peter Delius -- The South African War or Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 / Bill Nasson -- Creating beauty in, and between, two worlds : contextualising the art of South Africa's migrant labourers / Fiona Rankin-Smith and Sandra Klopper -- A stage for history : repositioning the Castle in post-1994 South Africa / Lalou Meltzer -- Reflections on the evolution of a democratic society in South Africa / Christopher Saunders -- African nationalism / Z. Pallo Jordan -- Home brew : democracy and communism in South Africa / Jeremy Cronin -- Liberalism and the development of democracy in South Africa / Lawrence Schlemmer -- Democracy and Afrikaner nationalism / Hermann Giliomee -- The distinctive contribution of Black consciousness to democracy / Xolele Mangcu -- Chieftainship and its relationship to democracy (past and present) / Maanda Mulaudzi -- The United Democratic Front and the transition to democracy / Jeremy Seekings -- Ethnic politics in post-apartheid South Africa / Colin Smuts -- Race : what time is it? / Keorapetse Kgositsile -- Gender and locating Sarah Bartmann in the present / Yvette Abrahams -- The role of education in the struggle for, and consolidation of, democracy / Jonathan Jansen -- Economic policy and democracy in South Africa / Leonard Gentle -- The role of labour in the attainment and consolidation of democracy / Frank Mentjies -- Land and democracy in South Africa / Edward Lahiff -- The role of art in the liberation struggle / Sipho Mdanda -- Film and democracy in South Africa / Michael Dearham -- Media in the mix / Guy Berger -- Popular music : non-racial identities and the new bourgeoisie? / Muff Andersson -- Language and culture in South Africa / Rosalie Finlayson -- Past and present : literature and freedom in South Africa / Andries Walter Oliphant -- The state of the arts in post-apartheid South Africa / Lynne Maree -- The rights and status of the artist in the first ten years of South Africa's democracy / Mike van Graan -- Two steps forward, one step back : impressions of a decade of South African sport since 1994 / Andre Odendaal, Archie Henderson, and Paul Reiners -- A decade of cartoons / Jonathan Shapiro -- Marking time : the making of the Democracy X exhibition / Rayda Becker -- Objects and texts from the Democracy X exhibition.