Collective Memory and the Dutch East Indies : Unremembering Decolonization / Paul Doolan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doolan, Paul, Author.

Series:

Heritage and Memory Studies

Heritage and Memory Studies ; 13.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collective memory--Netherlands.

Collective memory.

Decolonization--Netherlands.

Decolonization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book examines the afterlife of decolonization in the collective memory of the Netherlands. It offers a new perspective on the cultural history of representing the decolonization of the Dutch East Indies, and maps out how a contested collective memory was shaped. Taking a transdisciplinary approach and applying several theoretical frames from literary studies, sociology, cultural anthropology and film theory, the author reveals how mediated memories contributed to a process of what he calls "unremembering." He analyses in detail a broad variety of sources, including novels, films, documentaries, radio interviews, memoires and historical studies, to reveal how five decades of representing and remembering decolonization fed into an unremembering by which some key notions were silenced or ignored. The author concludes that historians, or the historical guild, bear much responsibility for the unremembering of decolonization in Dutch collective memory.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Collective Memory and Unremembering

2 Representations during the War

3 Post-decolonization: The First 20 Years, 1949-1969

4 Breaking the Silence

5 Postmemory

6 Loe de Jong Controversy

7 Remembering the War

8 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9789048553075

9048553075

OCLC:

1274137457

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access