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Tracing Slavery - (Easa) by Markus Balkenhol (Hardcover)

Tracing Slavery - (Easa) by  Markus Balkenhol (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"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"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p> 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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p> <em>"This book offers a fascinating study of the often implicit ways in which the memory of slavery affects present-day relations in the Bijlmer, a suburb of Amsterdam that since the 1970s became ever more marked by Afro-Surinamese presence."</em> <strong>- Peter Geschiere</strong>, University of Amsterdam</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p> <strong>Markus Balkenhol</strong> is a researcher at Meertens Institute. His most recent publications include <em>Atlantic Perspectives: Places, Spirits and Heritage</em>, co-edited with Ruy Llera Blanes and Ramon Sarró, (2019, Berghahn Books).</p>

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