Out of the shadows of history and memory: Personal family narratives in ethnographies of rediscovery

2006 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALISSE WATERSTON ◽  
BARBARA RYLKO-BAUER
Keyword(s):  
History And Memory ◽  
Family Narratives

Muslim Ancestor, Chinese Hero or Tutelary God

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 747-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oded Abt
Keyword(s):  
The Philippines ◽  
Linear Process ◽  
Han Chinese ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Familial History ◽  
History And Memory ◽  
Chinese Identity ◽  
Family Narratives ◽  
National Hero

This paper examines the dynamic boundaries of Chinese identities and the role of family narratives in their formation. It examines the interplay between history and memory, focusing on traditions regarding ancestors of the Fujian Guo lineage of Muslim descent in China, Taiwan and the Philippines, over six centuries. Existing scholarship approaches these traditions in ethnic terms, corresponding to the ethnic discourse prevalent in the P.R.C., focusing solely on mainland groups, but overlooking other variations found overseas. Hence, scholars portray the changing narratives as reflecting a linear process: from past sinicisation, to today’s more “historically authentic” Hui identity. The present analysis offers a broader socio-cultural overview, showing how the pan-Asian Guo lineage re-imagines familial history across time and space by highlighting the forced assimilation narrative in which their early Ming ancestors falsely adopted Guo Ziyi, a Han-Chinese national hero, as their ancestor. The paper follows the narrative’s continuous transformations, analysing different interpretations of assuming Chinese identity among Muslims’ descendants within different contexts of contemporary Asia.

Empire Loyalism and Nationalism in Ukraine and Ireland

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 88-106
Author(s):  
Taras Kuzio
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
History And Memory ◽  
Memory Politics ◽  
Irish History ◽  
British Rule ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Post Colonialism

This is the first comparative article to investigate commonalities in Ukrainian and Irish history, identity, and politics. The article analyzes the broader Ukrainian and Irish experience with Russia/Soviet Union in the first and Britain in the second instance, as well as the regional similarities in conflicts in the Donbas region of Eastern Ukraine and the six of the nine counties of Ulster that are Northern Ireland. The similarity in the Ukrainian and Irish experiences of treatment under Russian/Soviet and British rule is starker when we take into account the large differences in the sizes of their territories, populations, and economies. The five factors that are used for this comparative study include post-colonialism and the “Other,” religion, history and memory politics, language and identities, and attitudes toward Europe.

The Hollywood Ten in history and memory

Film History ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 424-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Eckstein
Keyword(s):  
History And Memory
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