A Peculiar Mixture
A Peculiar Mixture

Author: Jan Stievermann

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2015-06-26

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 0271063009

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Through innovative interdisciplinary methodologies and fresh avenues of inquiry, the nine essays collected in A Peculiar Mixture endeavor to transform how we understand the bewildering multiplicity and complexity that characterized the experience of German-speaking people in the middle colonies. They explore how the various cultural expressions of German speakers helped them bridge regional, religious, and denominational divides and eventually find a way to partake in America’s emerging national identity. Instead of thinking about early American culture and literature as evolving continuously as a singular entity, the contributions to this volume conceive of it as an ever-shifting and tangled “web of contact zones.” They present a society with a plurality of different native and colonial cultures interacting not only with one another but also with cultures and traditions from outside the colonies, in a “peculiar mixture” of Old World practices and New World influences. Aside from the editors, the contributors are Rosalind J. Beiler, Patrick M. Erben, Cynthia G. Falk, Marie Basile McDaniel, Philip Otterness, Liam Riordan, Matthias Schönhofer, and Marianne S. Wokeck.

Rethinking History, Reframing Identity
Rethinking History, Reframing Identity

Author: Alexandra Wangler

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-04-09

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 3531192264

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This book contributes to the theoretical and methodological discussion about how the diverging experiences of generations and their historical memories play a role in the process of national identity formation. Drawing from narratives gathered within the Ukrainian minority in northern Poland and centered on the collective trauma of Action Vistula, where in 1947 about 140,000 Ukrainians were resettled from south-eastern Poland and relocated to the north-western areas, this study shows that three generations vary considerably with regard to their understandings of home, integration, history and religion. Thus, generational differences are an essential element in the analysis and understanding of social and political change. The findings of this study provide a contribution to debates about the process based nature of national identity, the role of trauma in creating generational consciousness and how generations should be conceptualized.

Nationalist Historiography
Nationalist Historiography

Author: Fouad Sabry

Publisher: One Billion Knowledgeable

Published: 2024-08-06

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13:

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Nationalist Historiography examines how nationalist agendas influence historical narratives and national identity. This essential read explores the impact of nationalism on historiography across various contexts. Chapters Highlights: - 1: Nationalist Historiography - Basics of how nationalist views shape historical writing. - 2: Chinese Historiography - Influence of Chinese nationalism on historical scholarship. - 3: Nationalism - Broad implications of nationalism on historical interpretation. - 4: Aryan Race - Misuse of the Aryan race concept in nationalist historiography. - 5: National Myth - Construction of national myths through historical writing. - 6: Phoenicianism - Role of Phoenicianism in nationalist historiography. - 7: Vinko Pribojević - Contributions of Vinko Pribojević to nationalist historiography. - 8: Macedonian Nationalism - Historiographical approaches to Macedonian nationalism. - 9: Albanian Nationalism - Historiographical narratives surrounding Albanian nationalism. - 10: Indigenism - Influence of indigenism on nationalist movements and historical interpretations. - 11: Nationalization of History - Process and effects of nationalizing history. - 12: Ethnosymbolism - Role of symbols in nationalist historiography. - 13: Korean Nationalist Historiography - Features and influence of Korean nationalist historiography. - 14: Historiography of Albania - Development of Albanian historiography and national consciousness. - 15: Antiquization - Reinterpretation of historical figures for nationalist agendas. - 16: Serbian Historiography - Impact of Serbian historiography on Balkan perspectives. - 17: Albanian Nationalism in Albania - Specifics of Albanian nationalism and local historiography. - 18: Historiography in North Macedonia - North Macedonian historiography amidst regional conflicts. - 19: Historiography of India - Influence of nationalism on Indian historical interpretations. - 20: Nationalism in the Middle Ages - Nationalism’s impact on medieval historical narratives. - 21: Nationalism and Archaeology - Intersection of nationalism and archaeological findings. Nationalist Historiography offers critical insights into the political dimensions of historical writing, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in the intersection of history and nationalism.

The Acts of Peter, Gospel Literature, and the Ancient Novel
The Acts of Peter, Gospel Literature, and the Ancient Novel

Author: Christine M. Thomas

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2003-03-27

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 0195344146

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The Acts of Peter, one of the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles that detail the exploits of the key figures of early Christianity, provides a unique window into the formation of early Christian narrative. Like the Gospels, the Acts of Peter developed from disparate oral and written narrative from the first century. The apocryphal text, however, continued to develop into a number of re-castings, translations, abridgements, and expansions. The Acts of Peter present Christian narrative in an alternate universe, in which canonization did not halt the process of creative re-composition. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Thomas examines the sources and subsequent versions of the Acts, from the earliest traditions through the sixth-century Passions of the Apostles, arguing the importance of its "narrative fluidity": the existence of the work in several versions or multiforms. This feature, shared with the Jewish novels of Esther and Daniel, the Greek romance about Alexander the Great, and the Christian Gospels, allows these narratives to adapt to accommodate the changing historical circumstances of their audiences. In each new version, the audiences' defining conflicts were reflected in the text, echoing a historical consciousness more often identified with primary oral societies, in which the account of the past is a malleable script explaining the present. Although the genre most closely comparable to these works is the ancient novel, their serious historical intent separates them from the later, more self-consciously fictive novels, and maintains them within the realm of the earlier historical novels produced by ethnic subcultures within the Roman empire.

The Fiction of History
The Fiction of History

Author: Alexander Lyon Macfie

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-08-13

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 1317681738

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The Fiction of History sets out a number of themes in the relationship between history and fiction, emphasising the tensions and dilemmas created in this relationship and examining how various writers have dealt with these. In the first part, two chapters discuss the philosophy behind the connection between fiction and history, whether history is fiction, and the distinction between the past and history. Part two goes on to discuss the relationship between history and literature using case studies such as Virginia Woolf and Charles Dickens. Part three looks at television and film (as well as other media) through case studies such as the film Welcome to Sarajevo and Soviet and Australian films. Part four considers a particular theme that has prominence in both history and literature, postcolonial studies, focusing on the issues of fictions of nationhood and civilization and the historical novel in postcolonial contexts. Finally, the fifth section comprises two interviews with novelists Penelope Lively and Adam Thorpe and discusses the ways in which their works explore the nature of history itself.

History
History

Author: Peter Claus

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-01-14

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 1317866088

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Why should history students care about theory? What relevance does it have to the "proper" role of the historian? Historiography and historical theory are often perceived as complex subjects, which many history students find frustrating and difficult. Philosophical approaches, postmodernism, anthropology, feminism or Marxism can seem arcane and abstract and students often struggle to apply these ideas in practice. Starting from the premise that historical theory and historiography are fascinating and exciting topics to study, Claus and Marriott guide the student through the various historical theories and approaches in a balanced, comprehensive and engaging way. Packed with intriguing anecdotes from all periods of history and supported by primary extracts from original historical writings, History: An Introduction to Theory, Method and Practice is the student-friendly text which demystifies the subject with clarity and verve. Key features - Written in a clear and witty way. Presents a balanced view of the subject, rather than the polemical view of one historian. Comprehensive - covers the whole range of topics taught on historiography and historical theory courses in suitable depth. Full of examples from different historical approaches - from social, cultural and political history to gender, economic and world history Covers a wide chronological breadth of examples from the ancient and medieval worlds to the twentieth century. Shows how students can engage with the theories covered in each chapter and apply them to their own studies via the "In Practice" feature at the end of each chapter. Includes "Discussion Documents" - numerous extracts from the primary historiographical texts for students to read and reflect upon.