Tracing Slavery The Politics Of Atlantic Memory In The Netherlands 1st Edition Markus Balkenhol by Markus Balkenhol 9781800731615, 9781800731608, 1800731612, 1800731604 instant download after payment.

Looking at the ways in which the memory of slavery affects present-day relations in Amsterdam, this ethnographic account reveals a paradox: while there is growing official attention to the country’s slavery past (monuments, festivals, ritual occasions), many interlocutors showed little interest in the topic. Developing the notion of “trace” as a seminal notion to explore this paradox, this book follows the issue of slavery in everyday realities and offers a fine-grained ethnography of how people refer to this past – often in almost unconscious ways – and weave it into their perceptions of present-day issues.