"I saw a nightmare-- " : doing violence to memory : the Soweto uprising, June 16, 1976 / by Helena Pohlandt-McCormick.
- Pohlandt-McCormick, Helena
- Date:
- 2010, ©2007
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About this work
Also known as
Doing violence to memory
Soweto uprising, June 16, 1976
Publication/Creation
New York : Columbia University Press, 2010, ©2007.
Physical description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Edition
ACLS Humanities E-Book electronic edition.
Notes
Caption title; based on screen of 2010-03-13.
Originally published by Gutenberg-e: www.gutenberg-e.org.
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Minnesota, 1999.
Contents
The child is also wondering what happened to the father -- I heard there was a riot in Soweto : a narrative of June 16, 1976 -- Telling Soweto, June 16, 1976 : the appropriation of the people's story into official histories -- The participants -- Afrikaans : we are fed the crumbs of ignorance with Afrikaans as a poisonous spoon : historical context and precipitating factors -- I saw a nightmare : violence and the construction of memory -- Final thoughts.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references.
Funding information
This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.