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Remembering and Recollecting World War Two: South African Perspectives
Includes bibliographical references.
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| author | Walton, Sarah-Jane |
| author2 | Bickford-Smith, Vivian |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/13025 Remembering and Recollecting World War Two: South African Perspectives Walton, Sarah-Jane Bickford-Smith, Vivian Historical Studies Includes bibliographical references. This thesis explores some of the memories and recollections of World War Two in South Africa today. It aims to address an absence of work done on South Africa in relation to World War Two, memory and commemoration. This thesis is as much about the diverse processes of remembrance and recollection as it is about the war itself and assumes that memories of the war can be located in different media. Accordingly the chapters herein are each delegated a media form, from newspapers, literature, memorials, film and photography to oral interviews, in which ‘memories’ of the war are located. The arrangement of the chapters mimics the history of the war’s remembrance in South Africa as it moved from public to private remembrance. This follows the historical context of South Africa from the war period until approximately mid-2013. The white Anglophone experience is given prominence in approaching the subject of commemoration and World War Two in Cape Town. This is motivated by Vivian Bickford- Smith and John Lambert, both of whom recognise it as South Africa’s ‘forgotten identity.’1 Nevertheless other non-white memories of the war are also discussed as important to understanding South Africa’s relationship to it. In particular, the sons and daughters of the Cape Corps briefly feature in this thesis in recognition of a greater Anglophone identity that is not necessarily bound by race. Black recruits are also touched upon as an oft-forgotten group involved in the war. Accordingly this thesis emphasizes that although some experiences and memories were shaped by race, there were others that transcended it. Lastly the different media forms discussed within this thesis are suggestive of technology’s advances and its impact on the way memories are stored and retrieved. Ultimately, despite the fact that the war has fallen out of public remembrance in Cape Town today, this thesis concludes that it remains important to a few groups and individuals for whom it continues to inform a sense of history and identity. 2015-05-28T12:29:20Z 2015-05-28T12:29:20Z 2014 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13025 eng application/pdf Department of Historical Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Historical Studies Walton, Sarah-Jane Remembering and Recollecting World War Two: South African Perspectives |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Remembering and Recollecting World War Two: South African Perspectives |
| title_full | Remembering and Recollecting World War Two: South African Perspectives |
| title_fullStr | Remembering and Recollecting World War Two: South African Perspectives |
| title_full_unstemmed | Remembering and Recollecting World War Two: South African Perspectives |
| title_short | Remembering and Recollecting World War Two: South African Perspectives |
| title_sort | remembering and recollecting world war two south african perspectives |
| topic | Historical Studies |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13025 |
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