Format:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 180 p)
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Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0820327255
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9780820327259
Content:
From journalism and lectures to drama, visual art, and the Spielberg film, this study ranges across the varied cultural reactions engendered by the 1839 Amistad slave ship revolt. Osagie, a native of Sierra Leone, digs deeply into the Amistad story to show the historical and contemporary relevance of the incident and its subsequent trials.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE. REMEMBERING THE PAST -- Chapter One. The Amistad Story in the American Context -- Chapter Two. Slave Revolts and the Production of Identity -- Chapter Three. The Amistad Returnees and the Mende Mission -- PART TWO. REINVENTING THE PRESENT -- Chapter Four. Sculpting History: African American Burdens of Memory -- Chapter Five. National Identity: The Dramatic Return of Memory in Sierra Leone -- Chapter Six. Hollywood Images, African Memories: Spielberg's Amistad and Sierra Leone Culture and Politics -- Afterword -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-174) and index
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ch. 1.The Amistad story in the American contextch. 2.Slave revolts and the production of identitych. 3.The Amistad returnees and the Mende Missionch. 4.Sculpting history : African American burdens of memorych. 5.National identity : the dramatic return of memory in Sierra Leonech. 6.Hollywood images, African memories : Spielberg's Amistad and Sierra Leone culture and politics.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0820322245
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780820322247
Additional Edition:
Print version Amistad revolt
Language:
English
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