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_cMdBmJHUP
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050 4 _aJV2811
_b.S735 2019
100 1 _aStandard, Matthew G.,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Leopard, the Lion, and the Cock :
_bColonial Memories and Monuments in Belgium /
_cMatthew G. Stanard.
264 1 _aBaltimore, Maryland :
_bProject Muse,
_c2019
264 3 _aBaltimore, Md. :
_bProject MUSE,
_c2019
264 4 _c©2019
300 _a1 online resource (338 pages):
_billustrations (some color)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aIssued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [307]-334) and index.
505 0 _aBelgians and the colonial experience before 1960 -- Reminders and remainders of empire, 1960-1967 -- Quiescence, 1967-1985 -- Commemoration and nostalgia, 1985-1994 -- A new generation, 1994-2010 -- 2010 and beyond.
506 0 _aOpen Access
_fUnrestricted online access
_2star
520 _aThe degree to which the late colonial era affected Europe has been for long underappreciated, and only recently have European countries started to acknowledge not having come to terms with decolonization. In Belgium, the past two decades have witnessed a growing awareness of the controversial episodes in the country's colonial past. 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 memoires 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 that 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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aPublic opinion
_zBelgium
_xHistory.
650 0 _aMemorials
_zBelgium
_xPublic opinion.
650 0 _aMonuments
_zBelgium
_xPublic opinion.
650 0 _aImperialism
_xSocial aspects
_zBelgium
_xHistory.
651 0 _aBelgium
_xColonies
_xPublic opinion
_xHistory.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse,
_edistributor.
776 1 8 _iPrint version:
_z9789462701793
710 2 _aProject Muse.
_edistributor
830 0 _aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/65135/
945 _aProject MUSE - 2019 Complete
945 _aProject MUSE - 2019 History
999 _c232360
_d232359