Remembering the liberation Struggles in Cape Verde : a mnemohistory /
Remembering the Liberation Struggles in Cape Verde: A Mnemohistory takes as its reference from the anti-colonial struggles against the Portuguese colonial empire in Africa in the 1960s and 1970s and the ways this period has been publicly remembered. Drawing on original and detailed empirical researc...
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| Language: | English |
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Abingdon :
Routledge,
[2023]
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| Series: | Memory Studies: Global Constellations
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Table of Contents:
- INTRODUCTION: The Liberation Struggle as a Mnemonic DeviceTHE STRUGGLE AS THE CRADLE OF THE INDEPENDENT NATIONBuilding the Nation State and the centrality of the struggleThe "return to Africa" through musicThe end of the union with Guinea-Bissau and its impactsRecalibrating memoryBetween two rupturesTHE STRUGGLE IN THE MNEMONIC TRANSITIONThe political transition: causes and processesThe return of removed imagesA new paradigm of remembranceThe change in national symbolsThe mnemonic transition: reasons and circumstancesTHE STRUGGLE AND THE IMAGE OF THE COMBATANTConstructing the liberation struggle combatantPublic recognition and political disputesThe diversification of the image of the "combatant"A composite memorial frameworkTHE STRUGGLE AND CABRAL⁰́₉S AFTERLIVESCrossroads of memoryQuestioning CabralAlternative representationsThe new heirs: Protest and appropriationsEPILOGUEACKNOWLEDGMENTS