Reimagining the Middle Passage

Description:

"Examines contemporary reimaginings of the Middle Passage by Black artists in film, literature, and song, arguing that these writers and artists recognize the Middle Passage as a historical and geographical site of trauma but are able to reimagine the Middle Passage in their work in order to resist social death"--

subjects: American literature,  African American authors,  History and criticism,  Slave trade in literature,  Slavery in literature,  African Americans,  Intellectual life,  American literature, african american authors, history and criticism,  African americans, intellectual life