Projects per year
Abstract / Description of output
Frith and Hodgson’s opening chapter provides a broad overview of the memorialization of slavery in the Francophone world contrary to the lack of memorialization of other forms of labour exploitation. While introducing the chapters that follow, it foregrounds the overarching aims of the volume, which include the desire to transcend nation-centred memories and to question the limitations of the particular terminologies, iconicities and chronologies that frame memories of slavery. It thus provides an introduction to the multiplicity of memories of slavery in the Francophone world, while also moving beyond slavery towards other forms of colonial labour exploitation. It begins by addressing the problem of definitions of slavery and labour exploitation, before moving on to consider state-led commemorative discourses in a comparative framework. Finally, it stresses the need to move towards a more transnational approach to scholarship in slavery studies, while recognizing and exploring specific sites, histories and identities that have been shaped by the history of French-led slavery and its contemporary legacies.
Original language | English |
---|---|
Title of host publication | At the Limits of Memory |
Subtitle of host publication | Legacies of Slavery in the Francophone World |
Editors | Nicola Frith, Kate Hodgson |
Place of Publication | Liverpool |
Publisher | Liverpool University Press |
Pages | 1-21 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Volume | 6 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781781381595 |
Publication status | Published - 21 May 2015 |
Publication series
Name | Francophone Postcolonial Studies |
---|---|
Publisher | Liverpool University Press |
Volume | 6 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- slavery
- memory
- French colonialism
- indentured labour
- Haiti
- reparations
Fingerprint
Dive into the research topics of 'Slavery and its Legacies: Remembering Labour Exploitation in the Francophone World'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.Projects
- 1 Finished
-
Mapping Memories of Slavery: Commemoration, Community and Identity inContemporary France
1/02/15 → 31/10/15
Project: Research
Research output
- 1 Book
-
Legacies of Slavery in the French Republic: Politics, Activism, Reparation
Frith, N., 21 Aug 2024, (Accepted/In press) Liverpool University Press. 287 p. (Liverpool Studies in International Slavery)Research output: Book/Report › Book
Press/Media
-
Is memory enough? Remembering the racial legacies of slavery in France today
Nicola Frith & Kate Hodgson
24/06/15
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Activities
- 1 Participation in conference
-
At the Limits of Slavery: Legacies of Slavery in the Francophone World
Nicola Frith (Invited speaker)
16 Jun 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference