TY - GEN N2 - 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. AB - 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. T1 - Nelson Mandela :a very short introduction / DA - 2008. CY - Oxford ; CY - New York : AU - Boehmer, Elleke, CN - DT1949.M35 PB - Oxford University Press, PP - Oxford ; PP - New York : PY - 2008. ID - 1358275 KW - Presidents SN - 9780191539244 SN - 0191539244 SN - 9780191577727 SN - 0191577723 TI - Nelson Mandela :a very short introduction / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-94-6300-908-9 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-94-6300-908-9 ER -