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Characters of blood : Black heroism in the transatlantic imagination /

Across the centuries, the acts and arts of Black heroism have inspired a provocative, experimental, and self-reflexive intellectual, political, and aesthetic tradition. In this book, the author illuminates the ways in which six iconic men and women - Toussaint Louverture, Nathaniel Turner, Sengbe Pi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bernier, Celeste-Marie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Across the centuries, the acts and arts of Black heroism have inspired a provocative, experimental, and self-reflexive intellectual, political, and aesthetic tradition. In this book, the author illuminates the ways in which six iconic men and women - Toussaint Louverture, Nathaniel Turner, Sengbe Pieh, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Tubman - challenged the dominant conceptualizations of their histories and played a key role in the construction of an alternative visual and textual archive.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxiii, 435 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-418) and index.
ISBN:0813933250
9780813933252
1283834766
9781283834766