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Kowaleski-Wallace Elizabeth <1954-> |
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Titolo |
The British slave trade and public memory / / Elizabeth Kowaleski Wallace |
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New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2006 |
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©2006 |
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ISBN |
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0-231-13715-X |
0-231-51031-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (263 pages) : illustrations |
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Soggetti |
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Slave trade - Great Britain - History - Public opinion |
Public opinion - Great Britain |
Slave trade in literature |
Slavery in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction. Millennial Reckonings -- 1. Commemorating the Transatlantic Slave Trade in Liverpool and Bristol -- 2. Fictionalizing Slavery in the United Kingdom, 1990-2000 -- 3. Seeing Slavery and the Slave Trade -- 4. Transnationalism and Performance in 'Biyi Bandele's Oroonoko -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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How does a contemporary society restore to its public memory a momentous event like its own participation in transatlantic slavery? What are the stakes of once more restoring the slave trade to public memory? What can be learned from this history? Elizabeth Kowaleski Wallace explores these questions in her study of depictions and remembrances of British involvement in the slave trade. Skillfully incorporating a range of material, Wallace discusses and analyzes how museum exhibits, novels, television shows, movies, and a play created and produced in Britain from 1990 to 2000 grappled with the subject of slavery. Topics discussed include a walking tour in the former slave-trading port of Bristol; novels by Caryl Phillips and Barry Unsworth; a |
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