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Transcript of Jamaica Kincaid’s remarks from the April 23, 2021, conversation “History, Memory, and Legacy: Jamaica Kincaid, Rosana Paulino, and Cheryl Finley in Conversation” by Jamaica Kincaid. Copyright © 2021 by Jamaica Kincaid, used by permission of the Wylie Agency LLC.
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Names: Mallory, Sarah W., editor. | Seidenstein, Joanna Sheers, editor.
Title: Art museums and the legacies of the Dutch Atlantic slave trade : curating histories, envisioning futures / edited by Sarah W. Mallory, Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, Rachel Burke, Kéla Jackson.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025] | Series: Brill’s studies on art, art history and intellectual history, 1878-9048 ; volume 77 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024046897 (print) | LCCN 2024046898 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004714090 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004714106 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Art museums—Social aspects. | Transatlantic slave trade. | Slave trade in art. | Arts and society.
Classification: LCC N430 .A78 2025 (print) | LCC N430 (ebook) | DDC 708—dc23/ENG/20241016
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ISSN 1878-9048
ISBN 978-90-04-71409-0 (hardback)
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DOI 10.1163/9789004714106
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