Re-membering the Black Atlantic : on the poetics and politics of literary memory /

Re-membering the Black Atlantic : on the poetics and politics of literary memory /

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Author / Creator:	Eckstein, Lars.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2006.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 289 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Cross/cultures, 0924-1426 ; 84 Cross/cultures ; 84.
Subject:	Phillips, Caryl -- Criticism and interpretation. Dabydeen, David -- Criticism and interpretation. Morrison, Toni -- Criticism and interpretation. Dabydeen, David. Morrison, Toni. Phillips, Caryl. English literature -- Black authors -- History and criticism. English literature -- Black authors. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11146066

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ISBN:	1423789113 9781423789116 9789401202763 9401202761 9042019581 9789042019584
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-289). Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	The Atlantic slave trade continues to haunt the cultural memories of Africa, Europe and the Americas. There is a prevailing desire to forget: While victims of the African diaspora tried to flee the sites of trauma, enlightened Westerners preferred to be oblivious to the discomforting complicity between their enlightenment and chattel slavery. Recently, however, fiction writers have ventured to 're-member' the Black Atlantic. This book is concerned with how literature performs as memory. It sets out to chart systematically the ways in which literature and memory intersect, and offers readings of.
Other form:	Print version: Eckstein, Lars. Re-membering the Black Atlantic. Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2006 9042019581

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Physical Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 289 pages) : illustrations.
Format:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-289).
ISBN:	1423789113 9781423789116 9789401202763 9401202761 9042019581 9789042019584
ISSN:	0924-1426 ;