The Leopard, the Lion, and the Cock : Colonial Memories and Monuments in Belgium
Titre | The Leopard, the Lion, and the Cock : Colonial Memories and Monuments in Belgium |
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Type de publication | Livre |
Langue principale de la publication | anglais |
Année de publication | 2019 |
Auteur | Matthew G. STANARD |
Nombre de pages | 338 |
Éditeur | Leuven University Press |
Ville | Leuven |
Genre | essai - étude |
Pays d'édition | Belgique |
ISBN (Forme EAN-13) | 9789462701793 |
Résumé/Présentation | "[...] This volume examines the long-term effects and legacies of the colonial era on Belgium after 1960, the year the Congo gained its independence, and calls into question memories of the colonial past by focusing on the meaning and place of colonial monuments in public space. /The book foregrounds the enduring presence of ?empire? in everyday Belgian life in the form of permanent colonial markers in bronze and stone, lieux de mémoire of the country?s history of overseas expansion. By means of photographs and explanations of major pro-colonial memorials, as well as several obscure ones, the book reveals the surprising degree to which Belgium became infused with a colonialist spirit during the colonial era. / Another key component of the analysis is an account of the varied ways in which both Dutch- and French-speaking Belgians approached the colonial past after 1960, treating memorials variously as objects of veneration, with indifference, or as symbols to be attacked or torn down. The book provides a thought-provoking reflection on culture, colonialism, and the remainders of empire in Belgium after 1960." (site de l'éditeur, 03.2020) |
Référence complète | Stanard, Matthew. The Leopard, the Lion, and the Cock : Colonial Memories and Monuments in Belgium. Leuven : Leuven University Press, 2019, 338 p. - ISBN : 9789462701793 |