Silencing the Past Power and t

Trouillot, Michel-Rolph

ISBN 10: 0807043117 / ISBN 13: 9780807043110

Verlag: Beacon Press, 1997

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Silencing the Past is a thought-provoking analysis of historical narrative. Taking examples ranging from the Haitian Revolution to Columbus Day, Michel-Rolph Trouillot demonstrates how power operates, often invisibly, at all stages in the making of history to silence certain voices.

"Makes the postmodernist debate come alive."

--Choice "Trouillot, a widely respected scholar of Haitian history . . . is a first-rate scholar with provocative ideas . . . Serious students of history should find his work a feast for the mind."

--Jay Freedman, Booklist "Elegantly written and richly allusive, . . . Silencing the Past is an important contribution to the anthropology of history. Its most lasting impression is made perhaps by Trouillot's own voice--endlessly agile, sometimes cuttingly funny, but always evocative in a direct and powerful, almost poetic way."

--Donald L. Donham, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute "A sparkling interrogation of the past. . . . A beautifully written, superior book."

--Foreign Affairs "Silencing the Past is a polished personal essay on the meanings of history. . . . [It] is filled with wisdom and humanity."

--Bernard Mergen, American Studies International "An eloquent book."

--Choice "Written with clarity, wit, and style throughout, this book is for everyone interested in historical culture."

--Civilization "A beautifully written book, exciting in its challenges."

--Eric R. Wolf "Aphoristic and witty, . . . a hard-nosed look at the soft edges of public discourse about the past."

--Arjun Appadurai

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren:

MICHEL-ROLPH TROUILLOT is director of the Institute for Global Studies in Culture, Power, and History at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Michel-Rolph Trouillot, one of the most prominent Haitian scholars in the United States, is director of the Institute for Global Studies in culture, Power, and History and Krieger/Eisenhower Distinguished Professor in anthropology at Johns Hopkins University.

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Titel: Silencing the Past Power and t
Verlag: Beacon Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Good