Black imagination and the Middle Passage /

Black imagination and the Middle Passage / edited by Maria Diedrich, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Carl Pedersen.

This volume of essays examines the forced dispossession caused by the Middle Passage. The book analyzes the texts, religious rites, economic exchanges, dance, and music it elicited, both on the transatlantic journey and on the American continent. The totality of this collection establishes a broad t...

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Other Authors: Diedrich, Maria (Editor), Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. (Editor), Pedersen, Carl (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [1999]
Series:W.E.B. Du Bois Institute (Series)
Subjects:
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Slave trade in literature.
Caribbean literature (English) > Black authors > History and criticism.
West Indian literature (English) > History and criticism.
African Americans > Intellectual life.
African Americans in literature.
Slavery in literature.
Black people in literature.
Slave trade > History.
English-speaking countries > Intellectual life.

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Call Number: PS153.N5 B554 1999
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