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Rethinking Historical Genres in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
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Rethinking Historical Genres in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
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This book deals with the way historical genres are theorized and
practiced in the twenty-first century. In the context of the
freedoms inspired by postmodernism and enabled by the development
of innovative textual and graphic platforms, new theories of
history view genres as flexible living forms that inspire more
creative and experimental representations of the past. New ways of
articulating history compete with the traditional model of
historical prose. Acknowledging the current diversity in theories
and practices, and assuming the historicity of historical genres,
this book engages the reality of historical genres today and
explores new directions in historical practice by examining these
new forms of representing the past. Thus, without denying the
validity of traditional and conventional forms of history (and
arguing that these forms remain valid), this book surveys the
production of what might be considered new historical genres
practiced today, in which the idea of "practical past" is put in
practice. Preceded by the introduction and two theoretical articles
on historical genres, some of the new forms of history analysed in
this book are: historical re-enactments, gaming history, social
media, graphic narratives and first-person narratives of, memoirs
of trauma, and film-history. This book was originally published as
a special issue of Rethinking History.
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