Truth or Lies? Selective Memories, Imagings, and Representations of Chief Albert John Luthuli In Recent Political Discourses
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4495846 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jabulani Sithole, Sibongiseni Mkhize (0000-0001-6381-662X) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 69-85 |
| Publication date | 2000-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History and Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2656 • E-ISSN: 1468-2303 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/0018-2656.00146 |
| OpenAlex | W2095552641 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
Individuals, organizations, and institutions adopt prominent people as political symbols for a variety of reasons. They then produce conflicting memories and images of their chosen symbols. In this article we argue that multiple representations of celebrated public figures should not only beviewed in terms of a choice between 'truths' and 'lies.' Using the case of Chief Albert Luthuli, the president of the African National Congress from 1952 to 1967, we show that secrets and silences about aspects of his political life would make it difficult for anyone to establish the veracity of competing memories which have been produced around his name since his death in 1967. We argue that many 'Luthulis' were produced for different purposes and at different times during this period. We therefore suggest that tounderstand the motives for the making of the various images of Luthuli we need to explore in some depth the contexts in which they were made
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Literature · Period (music · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · African history and culture studies · Computer Science · History · Law · Philosophy · South African History and Culture
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2020 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |