Tracing Slavery: The Politics of Atlantic Memory in the Netherlands Contributor(s): Balkenhol, Markus (Author) |
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ISBN: 1800731604 ISBN-13: 9781800731608 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Slavery - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Political Science | Colonialism & Post-colonialism |
Dewey: 306.362 |
LCCN: 2021005946 |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (1.02 lbs) 216 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |