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OverviewTraces the emergence of creative texts focusing on the nineteenth-century slave trade to make sense of the radicalized effects of global capitalism. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Matthew J. ChristensenPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.281kg ISBN: 9781438439709ISBN 10: 1438439709 Pages: 202 Publication Date: 02 January 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Rebellious Histories 1. Cinque/Sengbe: Naming the Transnational Subject 2. Cannibals in the Postcolony: Charlie Haffner's Amistad Kata-Kata and the Moral Economy of Global Consumption 3. Neoliberal Masculinity, Black Transnationalism, and the United States' Disappearing borders in Amistad and Echo of Lions 4. Enslaving Globalization: Trans-Atlantic Slavery, Civil War, and Modernity in Raymond DeSouza-George's The Broken Handcuff Conclusion: Rebellious Futures Notes Works Cited IndexReviews...a distinct reward of reading Christensen's work is the access we are given to the diverse and compelling archive he excavates ... [his] bold survey of these varied media is both sensitively inclusive and sophisticatedly critical ... Christensen's book is a timely contribution to a recently emerging body of critical literature that analyzes African representations of the transatlantic slave trade and the trade's implications for contemporary political discourse. - College Literature Rebellious Histories tells how the actions of enslaved Africans resonated beyond one particular historical moment. It is a significant contribution to the 'literary' study of slave rebellions, as well as to postcolonial studies and the study of the Atlantic world. - Jack Shuler, author of Calling Out Liberty: The Stono Slave Rebellion and the Universal Struggle for Human Rights Rebellious Histories tells how the actions of enslaved Africans resonated beyond one particular historical moment. It is a significant contribution to the 'literary' study of slave rebellions, as well as to postcolonial studies and the study of the Atlantic world. - Jack Shuler, author of Calling Out Liberty: The Stono Slave Rebellion and the Universal Struggle for Human Rights Rebellious Histories tells how the actions of enslaved Africans resonated beyond one particular historical moment. It is a significant contribution to the literary study of slave rebellions, as well as to postcolonial studies and the study of the Atlantic world. Jack Shuler, author of Calling Out Liberty: The Stono Slave Rebellion and the Universal Struggle for Human Rights Author InformationMatthew J. Christensen is Associate Professor of English at the University of Texas-Pan American. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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