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Humus /

"A novel based on a March 23, 1774, report by Louis Mosnier, captain of a slave ship, recounting an incident in which fourteen African women escaped from the ship's hold to leap overboard. Kanor focuses on the fourteen unnamed women, reinvesting them with identities and voices to narrate t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kanor, Fabienne (Author)
Other Authors: Palermo, Lynn E. (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2020.
Series:CARAF books.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"A novel based on a March 23, 1774, report by Louis Mosnier, captain of a slave ship, recounting an incident in which fourteen African women escaped from the ship's hold to leap overboard. Kanor focuses on the fourteen unnamed women, reinvesting them with identities and voices to narrate this harrowing story. Humus provokes lively discussion on the relationship between fear and the abusive exercise of power; the long-term effects of legitimized systems of exploitation in individual lives at all points in the hierarchy"--
Item Description:"Originally published in French, © Éditions Gallimard, 2006."
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780813944708
0813944708