Culture and Chronology in African History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8957657 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Derek R Peterson (0000-0002-8653-7233, University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 483-497 |
| Publication date | 2007-05-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x07006164 |
| OpenAlex | W2011678465 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 16 |
Sources and methods in African history: spoken, written, unearthed . Edited by T. Falola and C. Jennings. Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 2004. Pp. xxi+409. ISBN 1-58046-140-9. £50.00. Honour in African history . By John Iliffe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pp. xv+404. ISBN 0-521-54685-0. £16.99. Black experience and the empire . Edited by P. Morgan and S. Hawkins. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. xv+416. ISBN 0-19-926029-x. £39.00. Muslim societies in African history . By D. Robinson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Pp. xx+220. ISBN 0-521-533566-x. £10.99. The study of African culture stands in a uneasy relationship with the study of African history. Historians work by pegging people, places, and events to a place on time's ever-lengthening yardstick. For the historical discipline, time is a structure that stands behind and lends meaning to human events. Culture, by contrast, is often claimed to be timeless, the unique inheritance of a distinct group of people. Culture builders work by short-circuiting chronology. They poach events, names, clothing styles, and other inspirational elements from the past and marshal them as a tradition to be proud of. The study of cultural history enters into a field where the partitions between past and present are being trampled by the traffic of human imagination
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art history · Chronology · Civilization · Cultural history · Empire · Honour · Meaning (existential · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Theology · African history and culture studies · Anthropology · Classics · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2008 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |