Rose Mary Allen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3652307 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rose Mary Allen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rose Mary |
| FAMILY NAME | Allen |
| SIGNATURE | ALLEN R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Curaçao |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Vrijheid in verbinding
Freedom in connection. The Surinamese community and the commemoration of slavery in Curaçao, from the early years to 1970. This article examines the role of Surinamese people in the commemorations of slavery in Curaçao, from their arrival as migrant laborers in the early twentieth century until 1970. It highlights how these commemorations have contributed to the national narrative surrounding identity and provided deeper insight into the shared h…
Orale geschiedenis in een Nederlands Caribische perspectief
Orale historie heeft verschillende betekenissen. Oorspronkelijk is mondelinge geschiedenis gedefinieerd als getuigenissen en persoonlijke herinneringen van mensen die bepaalde gebeurtenissen uit de eerste hand hebben meegemaakt of die dicht genoeg bij de gebeurtenissen stonden om zich deze te herinneren. Het accent van mondelinge geschiedenis ligt op het verzamelen van gegevens over het verleden door middel van ooggetuigenverslagen van historisch…
An Afro-Caribbean in the Nazi Era
An Afro-Caribbean in the Nazi EraThe Year in Sint Maarten Rose Mary Allen (bio) and Jeroen Heuvel (bio) Mary Romney-Schaab's An Afro-Caribbean in the Nazi Era: From Papiamentu to German, self-published in 2020, makes an important contribution to research on non-Jewish persons imprisoned in concentration camps during World War II. It is a welcome addition to Clarence Lusane's 2002 publication, Hitler's Black Victims: The Historical Experiences of …
From Individual to Collective Memories
From Individual to Collective MemoriesThe Year in Aruba Rose Mary Allen (bio) and Jeroen Heuvel (bio) Over time, Aruba,1 one of the six islands in the Dutch Caribbean, has produced several autobiographical books. The latest is by Hyacinthus (better known as Chinto) Thomas Erasmus, Mi memorianan: Aruba di antaño segun Chinto, published in 2019. Erasmus wrote it when he was seventy-five years old ("Chinto Erasmus"), and it was published twenty-one …
A Critical Biography of Former Prime Minister Miguel Pourier
A Critical Biography of Former Prime Minister Miguel PourierThe Year in Curaçao Rose Mary Allen (bio) and Jeroen Heuvel (bio) The historian Alejandro Paula asserts that on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao people who have played an important role in society do not often write about their lives and memories to leave a legacy (Da Costa Gomez-Mattheeuws and de Lannoy-Berg 126). In general, political leaders are more represented among the biograp…
The Autobiography of Antoine J. Maduro
The Autobiography of Antoine J. MaduroThe Year in Curaçao Rose Mary Allen (bio) and Jeroen Heuvel (bio) This is an essay about an autobiography published in 2015 on the island of Curaçao. This island lies just to the north of Venezuela and, together with Aruba and Bonaire, they are called the Dutch Leeward islands or the ABC islands.1 The literary scene in Curaçao has known several biographies during the past ten years. Most of the time, these bi…
Oral History as Auto|biography through Embodied Performance
The complexity of national identity Construction in Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean
Curaçao, one of the five islands of the Dutch Caribbean federation called the Netherlands Antilles, currently stands at a crossroad of constitutional reform. In the context of these changes at the political level, it is logical that national identities are being redefined and repositioned. The developments in the fashioning of national identities in Curaçao deserve attention locally but also regionally. How do people in Curaçao construct national…
The Harvest Ceremony Seú as a Case Study of the Dynamics of Power in Post-Emancipation Curaçao (1863–1915)
IntroductionOn 8 August 1862 the so-called Emancipation law was passed in the Netherlands: the enslaved in the Dutch colonies would become free on 1 July 1863. Accordingly, the 67 government slaves and 6,958 private slaves in Cura?ao gained their freedom on the latter date (Lant?rnu 2003:17). The group of Afro -Cura?ao ans comprised approximately 85 percent of the total population, of which thirty- five percent became freed people at this time (O…
The complexity of national identity Construction in Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean
Curaçao, one of the five islands of the Dutch Caribbean federation called the Netherlands Antilles, currently stands at a crossroad of constitutional reform. In the context of these changes at the political level, it is logical that national identities are being redefined and repositioned. The developments in the fashioning of national identities in Curaçao deserve attention locally but also regionally. How do people in Curaçao construct national…
The complexity of national identity Construction in Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean
Curaçao, one of the five islands of the Dutch Caribbean federation called the Netherlands Antilles, currently stands at a crossroad of constitutional reform. In the context of these changes at the political level, it is logical that national identities are being redefined and repositioned. The developments in the fashioning of national identities in Curaçao deserve attention locally but also regionally. How do people in Curaçao construct national…
The Harvest Ceremony Seú as a Case Study of the Dynamics of Power in Post-Emancipation Curaçao (1863–1915)
IntroductionOn 8 August 1862 the so-called Emancipation law was passed in the Netherlands: the enslaved in the Dutch colonies would become free on 1 July 1863. Accordingly, the 67 government slaves and 6,958 private slaves in Cura?ao gained their freedom on the latter date (Lant?rnu 2003:17). The group of Afro -Cura?ao ans comprised approximately 85 percent of the total population, of which thirty- five percent became freed people at this time (O…
The Autobiography of Antoine J. Maduro
The Autobiography of Antoine J. MaduroThe Year in Curaçao Rose Mary Allen (bio) and Jeroen Heuvel (bio) This is an essay about an autobiography published in 2015 on the island of Curaçao. This island lies just to the north of Venezuela and, together with Aruba and Bonaire, they are called the Dutch Leeward islands or the ABC islands.1 The literary scene in Curaçao has known several biographies during the past ten years. Most of the time, these bi…
Oral History as Auto|biography through Embodied Performance
A Critical Biography of Former Prime Minister Miguel Pourier
A Critical Biography of Former Prime Minister Miguel PourierThe Year in Curaçao Rose Mary Allen (bio) and Jeroen Heuvel (bio) The historian Alejandro Paula asserts that on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao people who have played an important role in society do not often write about their lives and memories to leave a legacy (Da Costa Gomez-Mattheeuws and de Lannoy-Berg 126). In general, political leaders are more represented among the biograp…
From Individual to Collective Memories
From Individual to Collective MemoriesThe Year in Aruba Rose Mary Allen (bio) and Jeroen Heuvel (bio) Over time, Aruba,1 one of the six islands in the Dutch Caribbean, has produced several autobiographical books. The latest is by Hyacinthus (better known as Chinto) Thomas Erasmus, Mi memorianan: Aruba di antaño segun Chinto, published in 2019. Erasmus wrote it when he was seventy-five years old ("Chinto Erasmus"), and it was published twenty-one …
Orale geschiedenis in een Nederlands Caribische perspectief
Orale historie heeft verschillende betekenissen. Oorspronkelijk is mondelinge geschiedenis gedefinieerd als getuigenissen en persoonlijke herinneringen van mensen die bepaalde gebeurtenissen uit de eerste hand hebben meegemaakt of die dicht genoeg bij de gebeurtenissen stonden om zich deze te herinneren. Het accent van mondelinge geschiedenis ligt op het verzamelen van gegevens over het verleden door middel van ooggetuigenverslagen van historisch…
An Afro-Caribbean in the Nazi Era
An Afro-Caribbean in the Nazi EraThe Year in Sint Maarten Rose Mary Allen (bio) and Jeroen Heuvel (bio) Mary Romney-Schaab's An Afro-Caribbean in the Nazi Era: From Papiamentu to German, self-published in 2020, makes an important contribution to research on non-Jewish persons imprisoned in concentration camps during World War II. It is a welcome addition to Clarence Lusane's 2002 publication, Hitler's Black Victims: The Historical Experiences of …
Vrijheid in verbinding
Freedom in connection. The Surinamese community and the commemoration of slavery in Curaçao, from the early years to 1970. This article examines the role of Surinamese people in the commemorations of slavery in Curaçao, from their arrival as migrant laborers in the early twentieth century until 1970. It highlights how these commemorations have contributed to the national narrative surrounding identity and provided deeper insight into the shared h…
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