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Encyclopédie noire : the making of Moreau de Saint-Méry's intellectual world / Sara E. Johnson.

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Book
Author/Creator:
Johnson, Sara E. (Sara Elizabeth), author.
Contributor:
ProQuest ebook central
Language:
English
French
Haitian French Creole
Kongo
Subjects (All):
Moreau de Saint-Méry, M. L. E. (Médéric Louis Elie), 1750-1819.
Moreau de Saint-Méry, M. L. E.
Moreau de Saint-Méry, M. L. E. (Médéric Louis Elie), 1750-1819--Criticism and interpretation--History.
Black people--Haiti--History.
Black people.
Enslaved persons--Haiti--History.
Enslaved persons.
Language and culture--Caribbean Area.
Language and culture.
Enlightenment--Caribbean Area.
Enlightenment.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xi, 392 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Other Title:
Making of Moreau de Saint-Méry's intellectual world
Place of Publication:
Williamsburg, Virginia : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
Language Note:
Text in English with extensive quotations in French, with translation into English. Also with quotations in Kreyòl, Kikongo, Spanish, Italian, and other languages, with translations into English.
Contents:
Notes toward a communal biography of Moreau de Saint-Méry
Encyclopédie noire: Part I
Unflattering portraits: a visual critique
Print culture and the empires of slavery
Encyclopédie noire: Part II
Unnatural history: translation, coercion, and the limits of colonialist knowledge
"You are a poisoner": planter linguistics in Baudry des Lozière's "Dictionnaire ou vocabulaire Congo"
[Here the capital letters "B. DRY LOZ" are printed upside down, reading from right to left]: illustrative storytelling
Encyclopédie noire: Part III.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central platform, viewed November 27, 2023).
Other Format:
Print version: Johnson, Sara E. (Sara Elizabeth). Encyclopédie noire.
ISBN:
9798890862044
9781469676937
1469676931
Publisher Number:
40032028057
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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