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At the Limits of Memory: Legacies of Slavery in the Francophone World (Francophone Postcolonial Studies LUP)
Society For Francophone Postcolonial Studies (Ed.)
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Description for At the Limits of Memory: Legacies of Slavery in the Francophone World (Francophone Postcolonial Studies LUP)
Hardcover. Internationally renowned academics look at memories of slavery in the Francophone world, reflecting upon contemporary commemorative practices that relate to the history of slavery and the slave trade, and questioning how they function in relationship to other, less memorialized histories of exploitation, such as indentured and forced labour. Editor(s): Frith, Nicola; Hodgson, Kate. Series: Francophone Postcolonial Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
Recent years have seen a growing body of literature dedicated to memories of slavery in the Anglophone world, yet little has been done to approach this subject from Francophone perspectives. This collection responds to the urgent need to contribute to current research on slavery and memory studies by focusing specifically on the Francophone world. Featuring the scholarship of leading academics in France, Britain, the United States and Canada, the collection reflects upon contemporary commemorative practices that relate to the history of slavery and the slave trade, and questions how they function in relationship to other, less memorialized histories of exploitation, ... Read more
Recent years have seen a growing body of literature dedicated to memories of slavery in the Anglophone world, yet little has been done to approach this subject from Francophone perspectives. This collection responds to the urgent need to contribute to current research on slavery and memory studies by focusing specifically on the Francophone world. Featuring the scholarship of leading academics in France, Britain, the United States and Canada, the collection reflects upon contemporary commemorative practices that relate to the history of slavery and the slave trade, and questions how they function in relationship to other, less memorialized histories of exploitation, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Francophone Postcolonial Studies
Condition
New
Weight
547g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781381595
SKU
V9781781381595
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About Society For Francophone Postcolonial Studies (Ed.)
Nicola Frith is a Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and author of 'The French Colonial Imagination: Writing the Indian `Mutiny' from Second Empire to Third Republic' (Lexington Books, 2014). Kate Hodgson is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in French at the University of Liverpool.
Reviews for At the Limits of Memory: Legacies of Slavery in the Francophone World (Francophone Postcolonial Studies LUP)
At the Limits of Memory is fascinating...it will provide rewarding reading not only to specialists in memory and in French colonialism, but also to those interested in contemporary French culture more generally. Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall, H-France Review 'Overall, the volume is highly innovative, sophisticated and engaging... The book will provide rewarding reading not only to specialists in memory ... Read more