Tracing Slavery

The Politics of Atlantic Memory in The Netherlands

AvMarkus Balkenhol

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-08-06
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:473 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:EASA Series
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:Berghahn Books
ISBN:9781800731608

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Slaveri inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

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).

Recensioner i media

“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

Innehållsförteckning

List of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. The Politics of AutochthonyChapter 2. Negotiating Colonial GeographiesChapter 3. Practices of Diaspora.Chapter 4. Kaskawina – Politics of a Lower FrequencyChapter 5. Doing Cultural Heritage: Race, Gender, and the Politics of AuthenticationConclusionReferencesIndex