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Subject(s)

• Slavery—Netherlands—History [Browse]
• Slave trade—Netherlands—History [Browse]
• Collective memory—Netherlands—History [Browse]
• Enslaved persons—Monuments—Netherlands—History [Browse]

Series

• EASA series ; 43. [More in this series]
• EASA series ; 43 [More in this series]

Summary note

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 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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ISBN

• 9781800731608 (hardcover)
• 1800731604 (hardcover)

LCCN

2021005946

OCLC

1228006499

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