Breaking the Dead Silence : Engaging with the Legacies of Empire and Slave-Ownership in Bath and Bristol's Memoryscapes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horvath, Christina.

Contributor:

White, Richard S.

Series:

Liverpool Studies in International Slavery Series

Liverpool Studies in International Slavery Series ; v.22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Great Britain.

Slavery.

Collective memory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (424 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Breaking the Dead Silence

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2024.

Summary:

This book examines the legacies of empire and slave ownership in the memoryscapes of Bath and Bristol. Edited by Christina Horvath and Richard S. White, it offers a critical discourse on how these cities engage with their historical narratives related to slavery. The text explores themes of heritage dissonance, the potential of co-creation, and the use of arts-based approaches to understand and address these legacies. Aimed at historians, sociologists, and those interested in cultural heritage, the book seeks to uncover hidden connections and foster discussion on uncomfortable historical truths. It also highlights contemporary movements like Black Lives Matter in relation to historical activism. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

INTRODUCTION: Breaking the ‘dead silence’

Engaging with legacies of transatlantic slavery in the memoryscapes of Bath and Bristol

Christina Horvath and Richard S. White

PART I: STRATEGIES FOR A CRITICAL QUESTIONING OF OFFICIAL HERITAGE

1 An agonistic approach to heritage dissonance in the memoryscapes of Bath and Bristol

Anna Cento Bull and Christina Horvath

2 The agonistic potential of Co-Creation

Breaking the silence about slavery legacies in the UNESCO World Heritage City of Bath

Christina Horvath

3 Splendour from slavery

Contesting the Pulteney legacy in Bath

Bryn Jones and Phil de Souza

4 Memorialisation and counter-memorialisation

Competing narratives of Bristol’s involvement in slavery

Mark Steeds

PART II: RADICAL MULTIPERSPECTIVISM IN BATH AND BRISTOL

5 A cricket match remembered

Personal narratives and oral histories in Bath’s memoryscape

John Payne

6 My roots and routes

Memoryscapes of the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans

Roger Griffith

7 No justice. No peace (while Black)

Renée Jacobs

8 Navigating personal and professional pathways towards the telling of Bath’s African-connected histories

Polly Andrews and Shawn-Naphtali Sobers Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9781802073782

1802073787