[PDF] The Legacy Of A Troubled Past eBook

Author : Bernard Cros
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 26,39 MB
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1800858221

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Since the advent of democracy in 1994, South Africa has been engaged in an unprecedented exercise of national soul-searching, torn between the need to lay to rest centuries of racial conflict and the desire to come to terms with its traumatic history. This book asks whether the country has begun to turn the corner on the legacy of collective hurt. To do so it ranges in scope across 350 years of South African history, encompassing the struggle against the apartheid regime, the downfall of white supremacy, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the first 25 years of democracy, up to more recent movements, such as #RhodesMustFall, or the inquests into the 2012 Marikana massacre, that point to the persistence of traumatic memory in contemporary society. The authors assembled here set out to analyse the representation of such memory, how it has been woven into narratives, recorded, preserved and questioned, and how issues of individual and collective responsibility have been grafted onto it through the visual arts, literature, political discourse and public action. In focusing on memory along with its derived forms of memorialization, collective memory, nostalgia, or post-memory, our contributors pose a fundamental question: is South Africa finally coming to the end of the post-apartheid transition period? Do the decades of memory work on racial violence and repression examined here hold out hope for the nation to make peace with its past?

Author : Robert Penn Warren
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 11,70 MB
Release : 2015-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0803299273

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In this elegant book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer explores the manifold ways in which the Civil War changed the United States forever. He confronts its costs, not only human (six hundred thousand men killed) and economic (beyond reckoning) but social and psychological. He touches on popular misconceptions, including some concerning Abraham Lincoln and the issue of slavery. The war in all its facets "grows in our consciousness," arousing complex emotions and leaving "a gallery of great human images for our contemplation."

Author : Craig Steven Wilder
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 16,21 MB
Release : 2014-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1608194027

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A leading African-American historian of race in America exposes the uncomfortable truths about race, slavery and the American academy, revealing that our leading universities, dependent on human bondage, became breeding grounds for the racist ideas that sustained it.

Author : Phil Moncur
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 33,13 MB
Release : 2009-12-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1467886696

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Simon Fenton, disillusioned ex-vicar and mild eccentric, is in the process of getting over the untimely death of his wife when he hears news of a mysterious legacy which also involves an alternative explanation about how his father, a gunner in the RAF Regiment, came to be shot in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. Natalie Roberson, a freelance high class call girl and aspiring airline pilot, is suborned to seduce him and help his adversaries cover up the story. Things go badly wrong and a corrupt detective is accidently killed. Simon and Natalie are forced to go on the run, hotly pursued by both the legitimate forces of law and order and darker forces under the direction of a senior politician who has everything to lose.

Author : Anne Mather
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 44,94 MB
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1460347900

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There had been two men so far in Madeline's life—her late husband, Joe, and her boss, Adrian. Both had been kind and uncomplicated, wanting only to cherish and look after her. But now another man had surged into her life—Nicholas Vitale. Handsome, dynamic, devastatingly attractive, he was utterly unlike anyone she had ever met before. But he certainly could not be described as gentle or kind, still less did he want to protect and cherish her. And Madeline could not resist him. In getting so far out of her depth with Nicholas, was Madeline doing anything but stirring up trouble for herself? And what about her duty to that other important person in her life—her young daughter Diana?

Author : Stacia Deutsch
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 29,54 MB
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1442498714

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Third graders travel through time to keep history on track! Abigail loves Mondays, and so does the rest of class 305. That's the day Mr. Caruthers asks them cool questions about history. Today Mr. C asks, "What if Abraham Lincoln never freed the slaves?" Abigail and her friends are ready to put their thinking caps on. But this time Mr. C wants them to do more than put their heads together-he wants them to travel back in time! Turns out the "What If?" questions are real, and Mr. C has just come back from a visit to the past. He needs their help because it looks like President Lincoln might quit and never free the slaves! With a time-travel gadget and only two hours to spare, Abigail and her friends are going back to the past. But even though time traveling isn't hard, convincing Abraham Lincoln not to give up isn't going to be easy.... With a dollop of The Magic Tree House, a dash of Back to the Future, and pinch of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Blast to the Past is a recipe for fun!

Author : Randy Pausch
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,3 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Cancer
ISBN : 9780340978504

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The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Author : Sudhakar H
Publisher : Sudhakar bhanudas hiwale
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 20,78 MB
Release : 2023-07-15
Category : Art
ISBN :

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The Old Mansion Nestled deep within the dense forests of Blackwood County, stood a dilapidated structure that sent shivers down the spines of all who dared to pass by. The locals referred to it as "The Old Mansion," a name that carried a sense of foreboding and mystery. Its haunting presence seemed to whisper forgotten tales of horror and despair. "The Dark Legacy," a spine-chilling novel that caters to the cravings of horror enthusiasts and historical fiction lovers alike, unveils the sinister secrets that lie within the walls of this decrepit estate. In this subchapter, aptly titled "The Old Mansion," readers are invited to embark on a bone-chilling journey into the heart of darkness, where the past melds with the present in a terrifying dance of horror. As the story unfolds, the protagonist, a brave and curious soul, finds themselves drawn to the enigmatic mansion. With each creaking floorboard and every flickering candle, the reader is transported to a bygone era, where unspeakable acts of evil were committed. The vivid descriptions of the decaying architecture and the oppressive atmosphere pull the audience deeper into the narrative, immersing them in the palpable dread that permeates the air.

Author : Russell Reising
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 21,92 MB
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 1351218123

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The endurance of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon on the Billboard Top 100 Chart is legendary, and its continuing sales and ongoing radio airplay ensure its inclusion on almost every conceivable list of rock's greatest albums. This collection of essays provides indispensable studies of the monumental 1973 album from a variety of musical, cultural, literary and social perspectives. The development and change of the songs is considered closely, from the earliest recordings through to the live, filmed performance at London's Earls Court in 1994. The band became almost synonymous with audio-visual innovations, and the performances of the album at live shows were spectacular moments of mass-culture although Roger Waters himself spoke out against such mass spectacles. The band's stage performances of the album serve to illustrate the multifaceted and complicated relationship between modern culture and technology. The album is therefore placed within the context of developments in late 1960s/early 1970s popular music, with particular focus on the use of a variety of segues between tracks which give the album a multidimensional unity that is lacking in Pink Floyd's later concept albums. Beginning with 'Breathe' and culminating in 'Eclipse', a tonal and motivic coherence unifies the structure of this modern song cycle. The album is also considered in the light of modern day 'tribute' bands, with a discussion of the social groups who have the strongest response to the music being elaborated alongside the status of mediated representations and their relation to the 'real' Pink Floyd.