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History, Myth, and Public Life Harriet
Tubman: “In
this brilliant study, Sernett peels back layers of memory regarding both
real and imagined events to reveal the fascinating interplay of cultural,
political, and social forces that have contributed to Harriet Tubman’s
near-mythic status. With graceful prose and nuanced analysis, he describes
the literary and artistic productions that have shaped our understanding
of Tubman over the past one hundred and fifty years: productions that
reflect an ever-evolving process of memory and mythmaking by generations
of Americans in pursuit of meaningful cultural and historical icons.”—Kate
Clifford Larson, author of Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet
Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero The
Public Life of History This special issue of Public Culture explores the tension and the challenges raised by the interaction of history with the domains of public life, including politics, the law, and the media. It focuses specifically on situations where a social compact has been reshaped based on the revaluation of historical wounds such as those inflicted in South African apartheid and in the Holocaust. The politics of recognition has challenged historical research to serve public ends, invoking the past as the site of the original slight and calling for redress in the present.
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