03516nam 2200745Ia 450 991081748710332120200520144314.01-282-72602-197866127260260-8203-2725-5(CKB)2670000000040779(OCoLC)656841483(CaPaEBR)ebrary10405171(SSID)ssj0000423891(PQKBManifestationID)11284481(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000423891(PQKBWorkID)10468674(PQKB)11193478(SSID)ssj0000411748(PQKBManifestationID)11289776(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000411748(PQKBWorkID)10355089(PQKB)11507434(Au-PeEL)EBL3038873(CaPaEBR)ebr10405171(MiAaPQ)EBC3038873(EXLCZ)99267000000004077919991213d2000 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe Amistad revolt memory, slavery, and the politics of identity in the United States and Sierra Leone /Iyunolu Folayan Osagie1st ed.Athens University of Georgia Pressc20001 online resource (205 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8203-2224-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-174) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE. REMEMBERING THE PAST -- Chapter One. The Amistad Story in the American Context -- Chapter Two. Slave Revolts and the Production of Identity -- Chapter Three. The Amistad Returnees and the Mende Mission -- PART TWO. REINVENTING THE PRESENT -- Chapter Four. Sculpting History: African American Burdens of Memory -- Chapter Five. National Identity: The Dramatic Return of Memory in Sierra Leone -- Chapter Six. Hollywood Images, African Memories: Spielberg's Amistad and Sierra Leone Culture and Politics -- Afterword -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.From journalism and lectures to drama, visual art, and the Spielberg film, this study ranges across the varied cultural reactions engendered by the 1839 Amistad slave ship revolt. Osagie, a native of Sierra Leone, digs deeply into the Amistad story to show the historical and contemporary relevance of the incident and its subsequent trials.Slave insurrectionsUnited StatesAfrican AmericansRace identityGroup identityPolitical aspectsUnited StatesMemorySocial aspectsUnited StatesMemorySocial aspectsSierra LeoneFreedmenSierra LeoneHistory19th centuryCase studiesGroup identityPolitical aspectsSierra LeoneSlave insurrectionsAfrican AmericansRace identity.Group identityPolitical aspectsMemorySocial aspectsMemorySocial aspectsFreedmenHistoryGroup identityPolitical aspects326/.0973Osagie Iyunolu Folayan1960-1607059MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817487103321The Amistad revolt4127286UNINA