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Mapping Black Europe: Monuments, Markers, Memories
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Abstract Black communities have been making major contributions to Europe's social and cultural life and landscapes for centuries. However, their achievements largely remain unrecognized by the dominant societies, as their perspectives are excluded from traditional modes of marking public memory. For the fir... view more
Black communities have been making major contributions to Europe's social and cultural life and landscapes for centuries. However, their achievements largely remain unrecognized by the dominant societies, as their perspectives are excluded from traditional modes of marking public memory. For the first time in European history, leading Black scholars and activists examine this issue - with first-hand knowledge of the eight European capitals in which they live. Highlighting existing monuments, memorials, and urban markers they discuss collective narratives, outline community action, and introduce people and places relevant to Black European history, which continues to be obscured today.... view less
Classification
History
Free Keywords
Black Culture; Monuments; Plaques; Statues; Memorials; Urban History; Public Memory; Black Europe; Black London; Black British; Black Berlin; Black Germans; Afro-German; Black Amsterdam; Black Rome; Black Italian; Afro-Italian; Black Belgium; Black Paris; Black Warsaw; Blakc Copenhagen; Black Knowledge; Black Community; Community Activism; Colonialism; Post-colonialism; Racism; Memory Culture; Society; Cultural History; European History; History of the 20th Century
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
198 p.
Series
Public and Applied History, 7
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839454138
ISBN
978-3-8394-5413-8
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0