Reclamation Road
A Microhistory of Massacre Memory in Clear Lake, California
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12967018 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeremiah J Garsha (0000-0002-4869-8642, University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 61-75 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Genocide Studies and Prevention (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1911-0359 • E-ISSN: 1911-9933 |
| Publisher | International Association of Genocide Scholars (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5038/1911-9933.9.2.1292 |
| OpenAlex | W1825251933 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
This article is a microhistory of not only the massacre of the indigenous Pomo people in Clear Lake, California, but also the memorialization of this event. It is an examination of two plaques marking the site of the Bloody Island massacre, exploring how memorial representations produce and silence historical memory of genocide under emerging and shifting historical narratives. A 1942 plaque is contextualized to show the co-option of the Pomo and massacre memory by an Anglo-American organization dedicated to settler memory. A 2005 plaque is read as a decentering of this narrative, guiding the viewer through a new hierarchy of memory and events. Overall this article unpacks the strategies of preservation, transformation, and reconciliation of genocide as it relates to the construction and shifts in emerging historical narratives, underscoring the interplay of physical locations in the construction of remembering and forgetting atrocious history
Aesthetics · Art · Collective memory · Forgetting · Genocide · Indigenous · Linguistics · Literature · Memorialization · Memory work · Microhistory · Narrative · Political science · Silence · Sociology · History · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2020 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |