1st Edition
The Silence of Great Zimbabwe Contested Landscapes and the Power of Heritage
By Joost Fontein
Copyright 2006
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines the politics of landscape and heritage by focusing on the example of Great Zimbabwe National Monument in southern Zimbabwe. The controversy that surrounded the site in the early part of the 20th century, between colonial antiquarians and professional archaeologists, is well reported in the published literature. Based on long term ethnographic field work around Great Zimbabwe, as... Read more
List of Illustrations, List of Acronyms, Acknowledgements, Some Notes on Fieldwork, Language and Sources, PART 1: THE SILENCE OF UNREPRESENTED PASTS AT GREAT ZIMBABWE, 1. The 'Zimbabwe Controversy': The Power of 'Fact' Over 'Fiction', 2. Great Zimbabwe in Local 'History-Scopes', 3. 'Traditional Connoisseurs' of the Past, 4. The Silence of Great Zimbabwe: From Mystery and Untold Stories to a Silence of Anger, PART II: THE SILENCE OF ANGER AT GREAT ZIMBABWE, 5. Silence, Destruction and Closure at Great Zimbabwe: Local Narratives of Desecration and Alienation, 6. 'Let us Fight and Rebuild': Nationalism and Great Zimbabwe, 7. 'Mapfupa edu achamuka' (Our Bones will Rise): Nationalist Mythology of the First Chimurenga, 8. NMMZ and Great Zimbabwe: The Professionalisation of Heritage Management, 9. UNESCO and the Power of World Heritage, 10. Beyond 2000: Patriotic History and Great Zimbabwe, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Joost Fontein
