Nelson Mandela : a very short introduction / Elleke Boehmer.
2008
DT1949.M35 B64 2008eb
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Title
Nelson Mandela : a very short introduction / Elleke Boehmer.
Author
Boehmer, Elleke, 1961-
ISBN
9780191539244 (electronic book)
0191539244 (electronic book)
9780191577727 (electronic book)
0191577723 (electronic book)
1281769789
9781281769787
0192803018
9780192803016
0191539244 (electronic book)
9780191577727 (electronic book)
0191577723 (electronic book)
1281769789
9781281769787
0192803018
9780192803016
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (204 pages) : illustrations, maps
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DT1949.M35 B64 2008eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
968.06092
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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Very short introductions.
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Table of 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.