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Activating the past : history and memory in the black Atlantic world / edited by Andrew Apter and Lauren Derby.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African diaspora.
- Black people--Atlantic Ocean Region.
- Black people.
- Slavery--History.
- Slavery.
- Black people--Atlantic Ocean Region--Historiography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (479 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Activating the Past explores critical historical events and transformations associated Other embodied memories in the Black Atlantic world. The assembled case-studies disclose hidden historical references to local and regional encounters Other Atlantic modernity, focusing on religious festivals that represent political and economic relationships in "fetishized" forms of power and value. Although memories of the slave trade are rarely acknowledged in West Africa and the Americas, they have ret...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-65062-9
- 9786612650628
- 1-4438-1790-2
- OCLC:
- 821179578
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