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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813489903321

Autore

Clifton Jonathan (Lecturer in business communication)

Titolo

Master narratives, identities, and the stories of former slaves / / Jonathan Clifton, Dorien Van De Mieroop

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2016

©2016

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 pages)

Collana

Studies in Narrative, , 1568-2706 ; ; Volume 22

Disciplina

306.362092

Soggetti

Slave narratives - United States

Enslaved persons - United States - Social conditions - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: identity, narrative and context -- The slave narratives: a historical background -- Narratives and the historical context of the interview: heroes and villains in narratives of law and order -- Different "slave-as-animal"-identities vis-à-vis different "historical" and current dominant discourses -- The white supremacy master narrative as an oeuvre civilisatrice: navigating identities along the sameness-difference dimension -- An emic view on intertwined counter- and master-narratives of race, obedience, and religion -- Remembering and forgetting: master narratives and memories of violence -- Truth, falsehood, and master narratives: the case of Charlie Smith and the fritter tree -- Conclusions.