{"product_id":"public-art-in-south-africa-9780253029591","title":"Public Art in South Africa","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book alerts us to the pitfalls and potentials of public art in a stimulating and thought-provoking manner, and is highly recommended for specialist readers as well as a broader audience.\u003c\/p\u003e * African Arts *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Engaging with Public Art in South Africa, 1999–2015 \/ Kim Miller and Brenda Schmahmann\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1: Negotiating Difficult Histories\u003cbr\u003e1. A Janus-like Juncture: Reconciling Past and Present at the Voortrekker Monument and Freedom Park \/ Elizabeth Rankin\u003cbr\u003e2. A Thinking Stone and Some Pink Presidents: Negotiating Afrikaner Nationalist Monuments at the University of the Free State \/ Brenda Schmahmann\u003cbr\u003e3. The Mirror and the Square—Old Ideological Conflicts in Motion: Church Square Slavery Memorial \/ Gavin Younge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2: Defining and Redefining Heroes\u003cbr\u003e4. Public Art as Political Crucible: Andries Botha's \u003ci\u003eShaka \u003c\/i\u003eand Contested Symbols of Zulu Masculinity and Culture in Kwazulu-Natal\u003ci\u003e \/ \u003c\/i\u003eLiese van der Watt\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e5. Mandela's Walk and Biko's Ghosts: Public Art and the Politics of Memory in Port Elizabeth's City Center \/ Naomi Roux\u003cbr\u003e6. Commemorating Solomon Mahlangu: The Making and Unmaking of a \"Struggle\" Icon \/ Gary Baines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3: Erasures and Ruins \u003cbr\u003e7. The Pain of Memory and the Violence of Erasure: Real and Figural Displays of Female Authority in the Public Sphere \/ Kim Miller \u003cbr\u003e8. Transgressive Touch: Ruination, Public Feeling, and the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Heritage Project \/ Duane Jethro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 4: Ephemeral Projects\u003cbr\u003e9. Public Art, Troubling Tropes: An Unsettling Intervention in Cape Town\/ Shannen Hill \u003cbr\u003e10. Unsettling Ambivalences and Ambiguities in Mary Sibande's \u003ci\u003eLong Live the Dead Queen\u003c\/i\u003e Public Art Project \/ Leora Farber\u003cbr\u003e11. \u003ci\u003eUnsanctioned:\u003c\/i\u003e The Inner-City Interventions of Julie Lovelace \/ Karen von Veh \u003cbr\u003e12. Rage against the State: Political Funerals and Queer Visual Activism in Post-apartheid South Africa \/ Kylie Thomas\u003cbr\u003e13. Tell-Tale Signs: Unsanctioned Graffiti Interventions in Post-apartheid Johannesburg \/ Matthew Ryan Smith\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400571756887,"sku":"9780253029591","price":62.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253029591.jpg?v=1730471011","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/public-art-in-south-africa-9780253029591","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}