Through the diameter of respectability: the politics of historical representation in postemancipation colonial Trinidad

Examines the concepts of "respectability" and "reputation" and their emergent functions in the colonial politics immediately following emancipation in Trinidad. Author explains how these concepts presupposed and entailed a different representation and valuation of local historica...

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Main Author: Stephen Kingsley Scott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BRILL 2002-07-01
Series:NWIG
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Online Access:http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/nwig/article/view/3456