Theorizing Race, Past and Present
February 2021
History and Theory presents this virtual issue as a reminder to readers that coping with race, racism, memory, and memorializing is likely to be richer and more helpful if shaped by the deeply reflective concepts and practices that historical theory provides. Reading or rereading these essays in the midst of current and future debates pertaining to race can help to clarify ideas, passions, stakes, and intellectual as well as political prospects.
CONTENTS
SHAHZAD BASHIR AND DAVID GARY SHAW, Race, History, and Understanding (2021)
MARJORIE BECKER, Talking Back to Frida: Houses of Emotional Mestizaje (2002)
KEITH JENKINS, Ethical Responsibility of the Historian: On the Possible End of a History “Of a Certain Kind” (2004)
BERBER BEVERNAGE, Time, Presence, and Historical Injustice (2008)
LAURENCE SHORE, The Enduring Power of Racism: A Reconsideration of Winthrop Jordan’s White over Black (2005)
ANDREW CURRAN, Rethinking Race History: The Role of the Albino in French Enlightenment Life Sciences (2009)
LEIGH RAIFORD, Photography and the Practices of Critical Black Memory (2009)
WILLIAM WHYTE, How Do Buildings Mean? Some Issues of Interpretation in the History of Architecture (2006)
KERWIN LEE KLEIN, In Search of Narrative Mastery: Postmodernism and the People without History (1995)
VANITA SETH, The Origins of Racism: A Critique of the History of Ideas (2020)
HELENA POHLANDT-MCCORMICK, 'I Saw a Nightmare…': Violence and the Construction of Memory (Soweto, June 16, 1976) (2002)