Metaphor and the Slave Trade in West African Literature

Klappentext Through an examination of metaphors that describe the trauma! loss! and suffering associated with the the transatlantic slave trade! Metaphor and the Slave Trade shows how the horrors of slavery are communicated from generation to generation and persist in West African discourse. Zusammenfassung Through an examination of metaphors that describe the trauma, loss, and suffering associated with the the transatlantic slave trade, Metaphor and the Slave Trade shows how the horrors of slavery are communicated from generation to generation and persist in West African discourse.

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• Authors: Laura T. Murphy
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2012
• EAN: 9780821419953
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-1995-3
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Western African Studies; Western African Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies