South African public memorials of World War One. A historical view of processes in public memorialisation through symbolic content, with particular reference to Cape Town

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dc.contributor.advisorNasson, Billen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBinckes, Helenen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-30T13:40:44Z
dc.date.available2014-09-30T13:40:44Z
dc.date.issued2010en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe dissertation is an attempt to unravel the sentiments which are embodied in war memorials by examining the conditions and events of the war as a way into understanding the motivations of the survivors, who brought them into being. The memorials in Cape Town do not exist in isolation, and therefore it was expedient to refer to both the art and architecture of death in general, through modern history up to contemporary prototypes, particularly the war memorials in northern Europe. The symbolic content is of paramount importance. Photographs, in the Appendix, will visually illustrate many points which are referred to during the course of the study. Each memorial embodies its unique set of cues for articulating an interpretation. To do this it is necessary to present the background of the War, 1914-1918/191 in terms of the intricacies of South African social and political dynamics: the war lives at the Front and the home lives in Cape Town. Initial information came with the viewing of the memorials in their present localities, so that the dialogue of interpretation between the art object-memorial and the viewer, could be set in motion. Out of that dialogue came the structure for the study of Cape Town memorialisation.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBinckes, H. (2010). <i>South African public memorials of World War One. A historical view of processes in public memorialisation through symbolic content, with particular reference to Cape Town</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7791en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBinckes, Helen. <i>"South African public memorials of World War One. A historical view of processes in public memorialisation through symbolic content, with particular reference to Cape Town."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7791en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBinckes, H. 2010. South African public memorials of World War One. A historical view of processes in public memorialisation through symbolic content, with particular reference to Cape Town. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Binckes, Helen AB - The dissertation is an attempt to unravel the sentiments which are embodied in war memorials by examining the conditions and events of the war as a way into understanding the motivations of the survivors, who brought them into being. The memorials in Cape Town do not exist in isolation, and therefore it was expedient to refer to both the art and architecture of death in general, through modern history up to contemporary prototypes, particularly the war memorials in northern Europe. The symbolic content is of paramount importance. Photographs, in the Appendix, will visually illustrate many points which are referred to during the course of the study. Each memorial embodies its unique set of cues for articulating an interpretation. To do this it is necessary to present the background of the War, 1914-1918/191 in terms of the intricacies of South African social and political dynamics: the war lives at the Front and the home lives in Cape Town. Initial information came with the viewing of the memorials in their present localities, so that the dialogue of interpretation between the art object-memorial and the viewer, could be set in motion. Out of that dialogue came the structure for the study of Cape Town memorialisation. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - South African public memorials of World War One. A historical view of processes in public memorialisation through symbolic content, with particular reference to Cape Town TI - South African public memorials of World War One. A historical view of processes in public memorialisation through symbolic content, with particular reference to Cape Town UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7791 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/7791
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBinckes H. South African public memorials of World War One. A historical view of processes in public memorialisation through symbolic content, with particular reference to Cape Town. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies, 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7791en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Historical Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleSouth African public memorials of World War One. A historical view of processes in public memorialisation through symbolic content, with particular reference to Cape Townen_ZA
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