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Nelson Mandela : a very short introduction / Elleke Boehmer.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductionsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [(c)2008.]Description: 1 online resource (204 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191539244
  • 0191539244
  • 1281769789
  • 9781281769787
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DT1949.35
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Contents:
Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of illustrations; Map of South Africa during apartheid; 1 Mandela: story and symbol; 2 Scripting a life: the early years; 3 Growth of a national icon: later years; 4 Influences and interactions; 5 Sophiatown sophisticate; 6 Masculine performer; 7 Spectres in the prison garden; 8 Mandela's ethical legacy; Further reading; Chronology; Index.
Summary: As well as being a remarkable statesman, Nelson Mandela has become a universal symbol of justice, a secular saint. Elleke Boehmer examines not only the great anti-apartheid leader's life, but also the ways in which images and representations have been used to create the Mandela we know today - an internationally recognized icon of freedom. - ;As well as being a remarkable statesman and one of the world's longest-detained political prisoners, Nelson Mandela has become an exemplary figure of non-racialism and democracy, a moral giant. Once a man with an unknown face, he became after his 1994 rel.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

As well as being a remarkable statesman, Nelson Mandela has become a universal symbol of justice, a secular saint. Elleke Boehmer examines not only the great anti-apartheid leader's life, but also the ways in which images and representations have been used to create the Mandela we know today - an internationally recognized icon of freedom. - ;As well as being a remarkable statesman and one of the world's longest-detained political prisoners, Nelson Mandela has become an exemplary figure of non-racialism and democracy, a moral giant. Once a man with an unknown face, he became after his 1994 rel.

Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of illustrations; Map of South Africa during apartheid; 1 Mandela: story and symbol; 2 Scripting a life: the early years; 3 Growth of a national icon: later years; 4 Influences and interactions; 5 Sophiatown sophisticate; 6 Masculine performer; 7 Spectres in the prison garden; 8 Mandela's ethical legacy; Further reading; Chronology; Index.

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