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Now part of the HBO docuseries Exterminate All the Brutes, written and directed by Raoul PeckThe 20th anniversary edition of a pioneering classic that explores the contexts in which history is produced–now with a new foreword by renowned scholar Hazel CarbyPlacing the West’s failure to acknowledge the Haitian Revolution–the most successful slave revolt in history–alongside denials of the Holocaust and the debate over the Alamo, Michel-Rolph Trouillot offers a stunning meditation on how power operates in the making and recording of modern classic resides at the intersection of history, anthropology, Caribbean, African-American, and post-colonial studies, and has become a staple in college classrooms around the country. In a new foreword, Hazel Carby explains the book’s enduring importance to these fields of study and introduces a new generation of readers to Trouillot’s brilliant analysis of power and history’s silences.
Author: Michel-Rolph Trouillot
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 3/17/2015
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55 lbs
Size: 7.9″ H x 5.3″ L x 0.7″ W
ISBN: 9780807080535
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