{"product_id":"contested-histories-in-public-space-memory-race-and-nation-paperback","title":"Contested Histories in Public Space: Memory, Race, and Nation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel J. Walkowitz\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLisa Maya Knauer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContested Histories in Public Space \u003c\/i\u003ebrings multiple perspectives to bear on historical narratives presented to the public in museums, monuments, texts, and festivals around the world, from Paris to Kathmandu, from the Mexican state of Oaxaca to the waterfront of Wellington, New Zealand. Paying particular attention to how race and empire are implicated in the creation and display of national narratives, the contributing historians, anthropologists, and other scholars delve into representations of contested histories at such \"sites\" as a British Library exhibition on the East India Company, a Rio de Janeiro shantytown known as \"the cradle of samba,\" the Ellis Island immigration museum, and high-school history textbooks in Ecuador.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeveral contributors examine how the experiences of indigenous groups and the imperial past are incorporated into public histories in British Commonwealth nations: in Te Papa, New Zealand's national museum; in the First Peoples' Hall at the Canadian Museum of Civilization; and, more broadly, in late-twentieth-century Australian culture. Still others focus on the role of governments in mediating contested racialized histories: for example, the post-apartheid history of South Africa's Voortrekker Monument, originally designed as a tribute to the Voortrekkers who colonized the country's interior. Among several essays describing how national narratives have been challenged are pieces on a dispute over how to represent Nepali history and identity, on representations of Afrocuban religions in contemporary Cuba, and on the installation in the French Pantheon in Paris of a plaque honoring Louis Delgrès, a leader of Guadeloupean resistance to French colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors\u003c\/i\u003e. Paul Amar, Paul Ashton, O. Hugo Benavides, Laurent Dubois, Richard Flores, Durba Ghosh, Albert Grundlingh, Paula Hamilton, Lisa Maya Knauer, Charlotte Macdonald, Mark Salber Phillips, Ruth B. Phillips, Deborah Poole, Anne M. Rademacher, Daniel J. Walkowitz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an exceptionally strong and interesting collection about public history in the context of evolving sensibilities about nation, race, culture, 'identity, ' and public representation itself. It features great essays instructively organized, as well as a thoughtful, focused introduction that sets them all in a broader context.--Michael Frisch, University at Buffalo, SUNY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel J. Walkowitz is Professor of History, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, and Director of Experiential Education at New York University. Lisa Maya Knauer is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and African and African American Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. They are editors of \u003ci\u003eMemory and the Impact of Political Transformation in Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Duke University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLisa Maya Knauer is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and African\/African-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47279581233401,"sku":"9780822342366","price":64.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/eFdXS2dHNUVFd3p2eFlnRVFCelhPUT09.webp?v=1769022873","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/contested-histories-in-public-space-memory-race-and-nation-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}