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UNINA9910824635603321 |
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Titolo |
Black imagination and the Middle Passage / / edited by Maria Diedrich, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Carl Pedersen |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-772328-4 |
1-282-36725-0 |
9786612367250 |
0-19-802919-5 |
0-19-535213-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (337 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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DiedrichMaria |
GatesHenry Louis |
PedersenCarl |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
Blacks in literature |
Slave trade - History |
English-speaking countries Intellectual life |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 1999. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibligraphical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. "Voyage through death ..." -- pt. 2. "... to life upon these shores: -- pt. 3. "In Africa, there are no niggers". |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume of essays examines the forced dispossession of the Middle Passage through the texts, religious rites, economic exchanges, dance and music it elicited, both on the liminal transatlantic journey and on the continent and eventual return. |
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