Rethinking Historical Genres in the Twenty-First Century

ISBN 10: 1138680281 / ISBN 13: 9781138680289

Published by Taylor & Francis Group, 2016

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pp. 168.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rethinking Historical Genres in the Twenty-First Century
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138680281
• ISBN 13: 9781138680289
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book deals with the way historical genres are theorized and practiced in the twenty-first century. In the context of the freedoms inspired by postmodernism and enabled by the development of innovative textual and graphic platforms, new theories of history view genres as flexible living forms that inspire more creative and experimental representations of the past. New ways of articulating history compete with the traditional model of historical prose. Acknowledging the current diversity in theories and practices, and assuming the historicity of historical genres, this book engages the reality of historical genres today and explores new directions in historical practice by examining these new forms of representing the past. Thus, without denying the validity of traditional and conventional forms of history (and arguing that these forms remain valid), this book surveys the production of what might be considered new historical genres practiced today, in which the idea of "practical past" is put in practice. Preceded by the introduction and two theoretical articles on historical genres, some of the new forms of history analysed in this book are: historical re-enactments, gaming history, social media, graphic narratives and first-person narratives of, memoirs of trauma, and film-history. This book was originally published as a special issue of Rethinking History.

About the Author

Jaume Aurell is Professor at the Department of History in the University of Navarra, Spain. He is the author of Authoring the Past: History, Autobiography, and Politics in Medieval Catalonia (2012) and Theoretical Approaches on Historians’ Autobiographies (2016). He is the editor of the Series, Rewriting the Middle Ages in the Twentieth Century (Brepols).