Chapter 4

Question 1

Grand narrative

Answer 1

-A unified story that dominates how people think of the past
- not neutral: privileges one stand point over the other

Question 2

A single story

Answer 2

-Showing people as one thing and only one thing over and over again as if they are not capable of being anything else

Question 3

Absent history

Answer 3

-Any part of history that was not recorded or that is missing.

Question 4

Apartheid

Answer 4

-A policy that segregated people racially in South Africa.

Question 5

Colonial histories

Answer 5

-The histories that legitimate international invasions and annexations.
-ex: the reason and history behind why certain countries speak certain languages; due to its country’s colonialization history

Question 6

Racial histores

Answer 6

-The histories of nonmainstream racial groups.
-“What camp were you in?”: question that can only be understood in its context if there’s a comprehension of a part of history where this happen for a particular race of people.

Question 6

Diaspora

Answer 6

-A massive migration often caused by war, famine, or persecution that results in the dispersal of a unified group.

Question 6

Hidden histories

Answer 6

-The histories that are hidden from or forgotten by the mainstream representations of past events.

Question 7

Ethnic histories

Answer 7

-The histories of ethnic groups.

Question 7

sexual orientation history or gender history

Answer 7

-The historical experiences of gays and lesbians.