Description
Explores current debates on the memory, history and public history of slavery and the Atlantic slave trade, using case studies from former slave societies around the world.
About the Author
Ana Lucia Araujo is Professor of History at Howard University, USA. She is the author of Public Memory of Slavery: Victims and Perpetrators in the South Atlantic World (2010), Shadows of the Slave Past: Memory, Heritage and Slavery (2014), Brazil through French Eyes: A Nineteenth-Century Artist in Brazil (2015) and Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade: A Transnational and Comparative History (Bloomsbury, 2017).
Reviews
[A] sharp analysis not just of how slavery is remembered, but of the ways it is erased. * Public Books *
[A] far-flung history whose strength is the breadth of individual, generational, intellectual, public, and activist efforts at commemorations, memorials and museums across a wide geographic range ... Slavery in the Age of Memory is a whirlwind tour packed into a brief, readable narrative. * American History *
The book is an important contribution to the analysis of Atlantic slave trade memory and its continued implications in current social contexts, especially regarding historic public spaces and memory institutions ... By engaging the past as a way to dissolve hegemonic memory, the book adds force to the urgent recognition of Black public history and to international efforts to promote human rights and a more equitable collective memory. * RACAR *
The Atlantic system of slavery shaped the characters of all the countries that slavery touched. Richly researched, Slavery in the Age of Memory is a fascinating and necessary look at how former slave societies, from Brazil to Virginia, have tried to process the memory of slavery in the midst of lingering traumas wrought by the institution. * Annette Gordon-Reed, Professor of Law and History, Harvard University, USA *
An important, comprehensive and insightful analysis of 'modalities of memory' of slavery, this book is multi-layered, versatile and compelling. Revealing herself once again as one of the foremost international experts in the field, Professor Araujo meets and surpasses her long-established reputation for rigorous investigation, critical depth and astute observations. * Stephen Small, Professor of African American Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA *
Drawing on a wide array of sources, Ana Lucia Araujo explores the ways that slavery and the Atlantic slave trade have been remembered and commemorated across the globe. From the Americas to Europe and Africa, Slavery in the Age of Memory demonstrates that people and institutions are still wrestling with slavery's past. This book is timely and necessary. * Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Charles and Mary Beard Professor of History, Rutgers University, USA *
Book Information
ISBN 9781350048492
Author Professor Ana Lucia Araujo
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 402g