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Reimagining the Middle Passage : Black resistance in literature, television, and song / Tara T. Green.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Green, Tara T., author.
- Series:
- Black performance and cultural criticism
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--African American authors.
- Slave trade in literature.
- Slavery in literature.
- African Americans--Intellectual life.
- African Americans.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- x, 180 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Examines contemporary reimaginings of the Middle Passage by Black artists in film, literature, and song, arguing that these writers and artists recognize the Middle Passage as a historical and geographical site of trauma but are able to reimagine the Middle Passage in their work in order to resist social death"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Understanding the Middle Passage
- Alex Haley's roots of resistance
- Middle Passage legacies in Charles Johnson and HBO's Treme
- Calling Marie Laveau
- Legacies of the Middle Passage
- Deadly waters, Southern blues, and Richard wright
- Katrina sings the blues in Jesmyn Ward's Salvage the bones
- Telling of return and rebirth in Marshall's Praisesong for the widow
- Conclusion: Acts of redemption through forgiveness: remembering Charleston in the post-Middle Passage era.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814213650
- 0814213650
- 9780814254714
- 0814254713
- OCLC:
- 1002653264
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