Nelson Mandela’s Two Bodies
@article{Nelson2014NelsonMT, title={Nelson Mandela’s Two Bodies}, author={Steven G. Nelson}, journal={Transition}, year={2014}, volume={116}, pages={130 - 142} }
Addressing the ubiquity of images of Nelson Mandela, art historian Steven Nelson suggests that these pictures allow the viewer to enter into a space of hope and reconciliation for which Mandela has come to stand, even as they risk obscuring our view of the real Mandela