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Black imagination and the middle passage / edited by Maria Diedrich, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Carl Pedersen.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- W.E.B. Du Bois Institute series.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- W.E.B. Du Bois Institute series
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Slave trade in literature.
- Caribbean literature (English)--Black authors--History and criticism.
- Caribbean literature (English).
- West Indian literature (English)--History and criticism.
- West Indian literature (English).
- African Americans--Intellectual life.
- African Americans.
- African Americans in literature.
- Slavery in literature.
- Black people in literature.
- Slave trade--History.
- Slave trade.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. "Voyage through death ..."
- pt. 2. "... to life upon these shores:
- pt. 3. "In Africa, there are no niggers".
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1999.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-772328-4
- 1-282-36725-0
- 9786612367250
- 0-19-802919-5
- 0-19-535213-0
- OCLC:
- 667015513
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