Tracing slavery the politics of Atlantic memory in the Netherlands
Introduction -- The politics of autochthony -- Negotiating colonial geographies -- Practices of diaspora -- Kaskawina : politics of a lower frequency -- Doing cultural heritage : race, gender and the politics of authentication -- Conclusion
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York ; Oxford
Berghahn
2021
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| Schriftenreihe: | EASA series
43 |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction -- The politics of autochthony -- Negotiating colonial geographies -- Practices of diaspora -- Kaskawina : politics of a lower frequency -- Doing cultural heritage : race, gender and the politics of authentication -- Conclusion "Looking at the ways in which the memory of slavery affects present-day relations in Amsterdam, this ethnographic account reveals a paradox: while there is growing official attention to the country's slavery past (monuments, festivals, ritual occasions), many interlocutors showed little interest in the topic. Developing the notion of "trace" as a seminal notion to explore this paradox, this book follows the issue of slavery in everyday realities and offers a fine-grained ethnography of how people refer to this past - often in almost unconscious ways - and weave it into their perceptions of present-day issues"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | x, 204 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781800731608 978-1-80073-160-8 |