Tracing Slavery :The Politics of Atlantic Memory in The Netherlands - EASA Series
Tracing Slavery :The Politics of Atlantic Memory in The Netherlands - EASA Series
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6 August, 2021
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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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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781800731608 |
| ISBN10 | 1800731604 |
| Number Of Pages | 230 |
| Item Weight | 1000 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Berghahn Books |
| Format | hardback |
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“This book offers a fascinating study of the often implicit ways in which the memory of slavery affects present-day relations in the Bijlmer, a suburb of Amsterdam that since the 1970s became ever more marked by Afro-Surinamese presence.” Peter Geschiere, University of Amsterdam
Author's Bio
Markus Balkenhol is a researcher at Meertens Institute. His most recent publications include Atlantic Perspectives: Places, Spirits and Heritage, co-edited with Ruy Llera Blanes and Ramon Sarró, (2019, Berghahn Books).