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Experiments in Rethinking History (Hardcover)
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Experiments in Rethinking History (Hardcover)
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History is a narrative discourse, full of unfinished stories. This
collection of innovative and experimental pieces of historical
writing shows there are fascinating and important new ways of
thinking and writing about the past. The pieces illustrate the
performative and fictive nature of history, that point to new ways
of thinking about the past.
Fourteen engaging and thought-provoking pieces lead the reader to a
deeper understanding of some of the possible responses to the
question 'What is history?', and even suggest that this traditional
question might be better replaced with a new question, 'How shall I
engage with the past today?'. The collection includes subjects as
diverse as a lynching in South Carolina, the life of an eighteenth
century French Marquise and a journey to a string of Pacific
islands. The pieces show what is possible in doing history, and
demonstrate how other factors, such as the impact of emotions, the
feeling of 'otherness', the confining character of boundaries,
authorial subjectivity, and even a sense of boredom with
conventional ways of doing history, intrude on historical practice.
As well as being a compelling read, the book includes a thorough
two-part introduction on theory and practice, as well as further
introductory matter at the start of each section to allow the
reader to engage fully with the theoretical aspects of each part of
the book. This book should be read by all those with an interest in
history and its theory.
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