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Historical Specificity

Historical Specificity is a hermeneutic principle within New Historicism that denotes the analytical focus on the unique, context-bound conditions shaping literary and cultural texts, distinguishing it from ahistorical or universalizing interpretive approaches by emphasizing embeddedness in particular socio-political and temporal circumstances.

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9.8K

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206

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121

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2017–2026

25

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Publications

166

ARE EMOTIONS A KIND OF PRACTICE (AND IS THAT WHAT MAKES THEM HAVE A HISTORY)? A BOURDIEUIAN APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING EMOTION

Monique Scheer · History and Theory · 2012 · 1.1K citations

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New perspectives on historical writing

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 479 citations

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Narration and Knowledge

Arthur C. Danto · Philosophy and literature · 1982 · 467 citations

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What Is This "Black" in Black Popular Culture?

Stuart Hall · Social Justice A Journal of Crime Conflict & World Order · 2006 · 374 citations

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New Perspectives on Historical Writing.

Pat Thane, Peter Burke · The Economic History Review · 1993 · 305 citations

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Authors

206

  1. PB
    Peter Burke

    Emmanuel College - Massachusetts, United States

    3 publications · 623 citations

    3

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  2. DS
    David S. Landes

    Harvard University Press, United States

    2 publications · 100 citations

    2

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  3. RL
    Robert L. Goldstone

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    2 publications · 90 citations

    2

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  4. JC
    Jean Comaroff

    University of Chicago, United States

    2 publications · 94 citations

    2

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  5. JB
    John Bellamy Foster

    University of Oregon, United States

    2 publications · 112 citations

    2

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Institutions

121

  1. Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University

    Balashikha, Russia

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    221 citations

  2. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    242 citations

  3. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    39 citations

  4. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    46 citations

  5. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    90 citations

  6. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    59 citations

  7. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

  8. Tulane University

    New Orleans, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    318 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 5 publications · 619 citations

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  2. Monthly Review

    4 publications · 142 citations

    4

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  3. The Economic History Review

    3 publications · 405 citations

    3

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  4. Capital & Class

    3 publications · 409 citations

    3

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  5. Representations

    2 publications · 98 citations

    2

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