Slavery in the age of memory : engaging the past / Ana Lucia Araujo.

"Exploring notions of history, collective memory, cultural memory, public memory, official memory, and public history, Slavery in the Age of Memory: Engaging the Past explains how ordinary citizens, social groups, governments and institutions engage with the past of slavery and the Atlantic slave tr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Araujo, Ana Lucia (Author)
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
Subjects:
Slavery.
Slave trade.
Memory > Social aspects.
Physical Description:xiv, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Slavery and memory
  • Weaving collective memory
  • Shrines of cultural memory
  • Battles of public memory
  • Setting slavery in the museum
  • Memory and public history
  • Art of memory
  • The persistence of the past.