Social Construction of the Past: Representation as Power

This book examines how mainstream scholarship constructs the past. By creating another people's cultural history, scholars appropriate it. This collection looks at how 'post-colonial' scholars are redefining the nature of scholarship.

Author: George C. Bond
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 03/27/1997
Pages: 250
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.15w x 0.58d
ISBN: 9780415152242

About the Author
George C. Bond is Professor of Anthropolgy and Education at Teachers College and Director of the Institute of African Studies at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York. Angela Gilliam is Professor of Anthropology at the Evergreen State College, Washington.