Icons of the old regime : challenging South African public memory strategies in #RhodesMustFall

dc.contributor.authorHolmes, Carolyn E.
dc.contributor.authorLoehwing, Melanie
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-02T10:32:03Z
dc.date.issued2016-12
dc.description.abstractStudents engaged in the spring 2015 protests on the University of Cape Town campus demanded the removal of the statue of Cecil John Rhodes, prompting renewed debate over the appropriate treatment of colonial and apartheid-era statuary in contemporary South African public spaces. While the students’ protests were often dismissed in public discourse and media coverage as misguided or misinformed, this article situates them in the broader context of symbolic reparations central to the transition to multiracial democracy. We introduce the terms ‘monologic commemoration’ and ‘multiplicative commemoration’ to describe the two dominant phases of South African public memory initiatives during and after apartheid. Monologic commemoration promotes a singular historical narrative of national identity and heroic leadership, whereas multiplicative commemoration requires the representation of as many diverse experiences and viewpoints as possible. We examine the #RhodesMustFall campaign as an eruption of discontent with both the monologic and multiplicative approaches, potentially signalling a new ‘post-transitional’ phase of South African public culture.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentSociologyen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2018-06-30
dc.description.librarianhb2017en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cjss20en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCarolyn E. Holmes & Melanie Loehwing (2016) Icons of the Old Regime: Challenging South African Public Memory Strategies in #RhodesMustFall, Journal of Southern African Studies, 42:6, 1207-1223, DOI: 10.1080/03057070.2016.1253927.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0305-7070 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1465-3893 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/03057070.2016.1253927
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/58844
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_ZA
dc.rights© 2016 The Editorial Board of the Journal of Southern African Studies. This is an electronic version of an article published in Journal of Southern African Studies, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 1207-1223, 2016. doi : 10.1080/03057070.2016.1253927. Journal of Southern African Studies is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.comloi/cjss20.en_ZA
dc.subject#RhodesMustFallen_ZA
dc.subjectMemory strategiesen_ZA
dc.subjectOld regimeen_ZA
dc.subjectProtestsen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth African public spacesen_ZA
dc.subjectMultiracial democracyen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth African public memoryen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth African public cultureen_ZA
dc.titleIcons of the old regime : challenging South African public memory strategies in #RhodesMustFallen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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