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Boehmer, Elleke, 1961-
Subjects
Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.
Presidents -- South Africa -- Biography.
Political prisoners -- South Africa -- Biography.
Revolutionaries -- South Africa -- Biography.
Civil rights workers -- South Africa -- Biography.
Blacks -- South Africa -- Biography.
Political activists, Black -- Biography.
Anti-apartheid activists -- South Africa -- Biography.
South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Boehmer, Elleke, 1961-
Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.
Presidents -- South Africa -- Biography.
Political prisoners -- South Africa -- Biography.
Revolutionaries -- South Africa -- Biography.
Civil rights workers -- South Africa -- Biography.
Blacks -- South Africa -- Biography.
Political activists, Black -- Biography.
Anti-apartheid activists -- South Africa -- Biography.
South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Nelson Mandela : a very short introduction / Elleke Boehmer.
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Boehmer, Elleke, 1961-
Oxford University Press, c2008.
Call #:
921
M271be
Subjects
Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.
Presidents -- South Africa -- Biography.
Political prisoners -- South Africa -- Biography.
Revolutionaries -- South Africa -- Biography.
Civil rights workers -- South Africa -- Biography.
Blacks -- South Africa -- Biography.
Political activists, Black -- Biography.
Anti-apartheid activists -- South Africa -- Biography.
South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Series
Very short introductions ; 188.
ISBN:
9780192803016 (pbk.)
0192803018 (pbk.)
Description:
204 p. : ill., maps ; 18 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-189) and index.
Contents:
Map of South Africa during apartheid -- Mandela: story and symbol -- Scripting a life: the early years -- Growth of a national icon: later years -- Influences and interactions -- Sophiatown sophisticate -- Masculine performer -- Spectres in the prison garden -- Mandala's ethical legacy.
Summary:
As well as being a remarkable statesman and one of the world's longest-detained political prisoners, Nelson Mandela has become an exemplary figure of non-racialism and democracy, a moral giant. Once a man with an unknown face, he became after his 1994 release one of the most internationally recognizable images of our time. Set within a biographical frame, this Very Short Introduction explores the reasons why his story is so important to us in the world at large today, and what his achievements signify. It shows how our picture of Mandela is a great deal more complicated than the legend suggests: quality of character is combined with his talents as a performer, his maverick ability to absorb transnational influences, his proximity to outstanding colleagues, his steely survival skills, and his postmodern ease with media image. It shows how many different interconnected stories, histories, values, and symbols combine in the famous name Nelson Mandela. -- Provided by publisher.
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