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BETWEEN HISTORY AND HISTORIES
THE MAKING OF SILENCES AND COMMEMORATIONS |
| By: |
Gerald M. Sider (Editor), Gavin Smith (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£44.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0802009018 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780802009012 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
27 December, 1997 |
| Series: |
Anthropological Horizons |
| Pages: |
368 |
| Description: |
This collection of case studies from around the world uses a new approach in historical anthropology, one that focuses on heterogeneity within cultures rather than coherence to explain how we commemorate certain events, while silencing others. |
| Synopsis: |
Since the 1980s historians have been influenced by two anthropological concepts: cultural distance and awareness of small-scale interactions. Recent work, however, has shifted away from these notions. We now see that cultures cannot be studied as units with internal coherence and that the microcosm does not represent a cultural whole. This book proposes an alternative. Differentiation is the keyword that lets us focus on ruptures, contradiction, and change within a society. It drives us to recognize many different histories as opposed to one official history. The case studies in Between History and Histories use this new approach in historical anthropology to examine how certain events are silenced in the shadow of others that are commemorated by monuments, ceremonies, documents, and story-telling. The first set of studies explores cases around the world where the official construction of the past has been contested. The second set describes the silences voiced as a result of these disputes. For students, this collection provides a useful overview of interaction between two disciplines. For historians and anthropologists, it offers a new vision of how history is produced. |
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Canada |
| Imprint: |
University of Toronto Press |
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Returnable |
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