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History and Memory in the Age of Enslavement: Becoming Merina in Highland Madagascar, 1770-1822 - Couverture rigide

Larson, Pier

 
9780325002170: History and Memory in the Age of Enslavement: Becoming Merina in Highland Madagascar, 1770-1822
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ISBN 10 : 0325002177 ISBN 13 : 9780325002170
Editeur : Heinemann Educational Books,U.S., 2000

Synopsis

Larson's book raises a series of challenging questions about the historical production of ethnic identity, and the complex epistemological relationships between historical memory, identity, and history. It is smart, well written, and intellectually challenging. In the historiographical level, Larson succeeds in integrating Malagasy history into the mainstream history of the continent.
—Richard Roberts, Department of History, Stanford UniversityIn this story of the impact of slave trade on an insular African society, Larson explores how the people of highland Madagascar reshaped their social identity and their cultural practices. As Larson argues, the modern Merina ethnic identity and some of its key cultural traditions were fashioned and refashioned through localized experiences of enslavement and mercantile capitalism and by a tension-filled political dialogue among common highland Malagasy and their rulers. Larson's analysis expands traditional

definitions of the African diaspora to include forcible exile of African slaves within the African continent as well as areas external to it. By locating Merina history within wider narratives of merchant capitalism, African history, African diaspora, and Indian Ocean history, Larson has produced a book that both recognizes the diversity of historical experience and highlights the structural connections of intercontinentally joined systems of forced labor.

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Larson /f Pier /i M.

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Éditeur
Heinemann Educational Books,U.S.
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0325002177
ISBN 13 
9780325002170
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
440
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780325002163: History and Memory in the Age of Enslavement: Becoming Merina in Highland Madagascar, 1770-1822

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ISBN 10 :  0325002169 ISBN 13 :  9780325002163
Editeur : Heinemann Educational Books,U.S., 2000
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