UID:
almahu_9949598790702882
Format:
1 online resource (238 pages)
ISBN:
9781003375524
,
1003375529
,
9781000987164
,
1000987167
,
9781000987133
,
1000987132
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in cultural history
Content:
"Professional historians, schools, colleges, and universities are not alone in shaping higher-order understanding of history. The central thesis of this book is the belief historical fiction in text and film shape attitudes towards an understanding of history as it moves the focus from slavery to the enslaved-from the institution to the personal, families and feminist accounts. In a broader sense, this contributes to a public history. In part, using the quickly growing corpus of neo-slave counterfactual narratives, this book examines the notion of the emerging slavery public history, and the extent to which this is defined by literature, film, and other forms of artistic expression, rather than non-fiction-popular or scholarly-and education in history in the school systems. Inter alia, this book looks to the validity of historical fiction in print or in film as a way of understanding history. A focal point of this book is the hypothesis that neo-slave narratives-supported by selective triangulated readings and viewings of scholarly works and nonfiction-have assisted greatly in reshaping the historiography of antebellum slavery, and scholarly historians followed in the wake of these developments. Essentially, this has meant a re-shaping of the historiography with a focus from slavery to that of the enslaved. Moreover, it has opened new vistas for a public history, devoid of top-down authoritative scholarship. An important and provocative read for students and scholars interested in understanding the history of slavery, its harrowing effects, and how it was culturally defined"--
Note:
From slavery to the enslaved: new paradigms, neo-slave fiction, a shared history and higher-order historical thinking -- Slavery and the enslaved: breaking boundaries with neo-slave narratives -- Antebellum neo-slave narratives, history and historiography : higher-order thinking and a public history -- The enslaved, slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction -- Jim Crow and slavery's immediate aftermath.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Rodwell, Grant Power of neo-slave fiction and public history Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024 ISBN 9781032451275
Language:
English
Keywords:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003375524
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003375524
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