Download or read book Beyond the Canon written by Maria Grever and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2007-10-11 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reflects on the culture wars over the historical canon in today's globalizing world. It discusses the attempts to review and transcend the received canon in historical research and teaching in Europe, Canada, the United States and South Africa. In the aftermath of the culture wars, the national and Western canons still largely dominate teaching and public memory. The book addresses the challenge of moving beyond these traditional narratives without sacrificing history as a coherent, attractive, and teachable subject.