Steedman, Carolyn (2011) All written up. History and Theory, Vol.50 (No.3). pp. 433-442. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2303.2011.00595.x

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Abstract

This edited collection of conference papers moves historiographical debate beyond the cultural, linguistic, subjective, and archival “turns,” and beyond historiographical questions asked from the “postcolony,” to consider the historian's role as writer and in relationship to his or her (dead) subjects. Wider cultural appropriations of the Holocaust frame several contributions and underpin the ethics of historical reconstruction discussed. This review of Unsettling History considers “raising the dead” as a paradigmatic activity of Western social historians, first articulated in the European nineteenth century. Using the perspective of its editors and contributors, it argues for a yet more detailed attention to historians' acts and performances of writing.

Item Type:	Journal Item
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Historiography
Journal or Publication Title:	History and Theory
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
ISSN:	0018-2656
Official Date:	October 2011
Dates:	Date Event October 2011 Published
Volume:	Vol.50
Number:	No.3
Page Range:	pp. 433-442
Identifier:	10.1111/j.1468-2303.2011.00595.x
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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