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Autore |
Gunning Sandra |
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Titolo |
Moving home : gender, place, and travel writing in the early Black Atlantic / / Sandra Gunning |
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Durham, North Carolina : , : Duke University Press, , [2021] |
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©2021 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (281 pages) |
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Collana |
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Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Travel writing - History - 19th century |
American literature - African American authors - History and criticism |
American literature - African influences |
African diaspora in literature |
Atlantic Ocean Region Description and travel |
Great Britain Colonies Description and travel |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Mary Seacole's West Indian Hospitality -- 2. Home and Belonging for Nancy Prince -- 3. The Repatriation of Samuel Ajayi Crowther -- 4. Martin R. Delany and Robert Campbell in West Africa -- 5. Sarah Forbes Bonetta and Travel as Social Capital -- Coda -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Sandra Gunning draws on nineteenth-century African diasporic travel writing to explore the conditions and possibilities of race, gender, sex, and class that early black Atlantic travel enabled. |
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