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oa Van El Dorado tot Sapali
Uit het veld: Meerstemmigheid in de Surinamica-collectie van het Allard Pierson
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: Jaarboek voor Nederlandse Boekgeschiedenis, Volume 32, Issue 2025, Jul 2025, p. 158 - 174
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- 01 Jul 2025
Abstract
Abstract
The Surinamica Collection at the Allard Pierson (University of Amsterdam) is a thematic collection containing numerous printed books, manuscripts, photographs, prints, maps, and archival materials. These documents often reflect a colonial perspective but also include publications that offer a counter-narrative, written by Surinamese authors. Through two examples — premodern books and maps, and twentieth-century children’s books — it is possible to explore how a postcolonial analysis of these documents provides new insights into the social and scholarly significance of this heritage collection.
© Isabelle Best & Katell Lavéant
Keyword(s):
children’s literature;
early modern maps;
heritage;
oral traditions;
Postcolonial studies;
Suriname