Spectres From the Past - Slavery Politics of History in West African African American

Summary

Spectres from the Past: The "History" of Slavery in West African and African-American Narratives explores slavery in contemporary West African and African-American literature by looking at the politics of history and memory.

Product details

• Authors: Portia Owusu
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.11.2019
• EAN: 9780367819897
• ISBN: 978-0-367-81989-7
• No. of pages: 142
• Series: Routledge Research in American Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; FICTION / Occult & Supernatural, Africa, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, FICTION / Horror, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, Comparative Literature, Ireland, Horror & ghost stories, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literature: history & criticism, Horror and supernatural fiction, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literature: history and criticism, FICTION / African American & Black / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American & Black, Relating to African American / Black American people, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form