Items related to Between History and Histories: The Making of Silences...
Between History and Histories: The Making of Silences and Commemorations (Anthropological Horizons) - Hardcover
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.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Gerald Sider is professor of anthropology at the City University of New York. Gavin Smith is professor of anthropology at University College, University of Toronto.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0802009018
- ISBN 13 9780802009012
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages368
- EditorSider Gerald, Smith Gavin
(No Available Copies)
Search Books: Create a WantIf you know the book but cannot find it on AbeBooks, we can automatically search for it on your behalf as new inventory is added. If it is added to AbeBooks by one of our member booksellers, we will notify you!
Create a Want
