| Synopsis: |
Remembering Independence looks at the period since the end of the Second World War when the great waves of decolonisation occurred, and these events were subsequently remembered. The book is organised in three sections. The first introduces a number of case studies and through recent celebrations of national days investigates the importance of independence in narratives of national progress. The following sections explore the case studies in greater detail, as well as introducing wider examples, focusing on the unceasing "work" of remembering independence as well as the contests between groups within the nation-state for claims to agency in ushering in independence and building the nation. |