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Encyclopédie noire : the making of Moreau de Saint-Méry's intellectual world / Sara E. Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Sara E. (Sara Elizabeth), author.
- 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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