NAT TURNER IN BLACK AND WHITE [electronic resource] : race, trauma, and the american cultural imaginary

Author:: DRAGULESCU, LUMINITA
Published:: [Place of publication not identified] : CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARS PUBLIS, 2020.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource

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Contents:

Intro -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Conclusions

Summary:

This book reveals how writers, as explorers of collective memory and historical record, imagine cautionary Nat Turner-tales that reflect their time and beliefs. The book critically surveys how Turner inspired the cultural imagination and became a largely misunderstood and polarizing figure in the US imaginary. By locating the Turner Insurrection within the territory of historical race trauma, writers across the color-line have exposed the lasting impact of slavery on American society. As African Americans continue to endure the indignities and inequity of an insidiously racist system, servile.

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9781527559936 (electronic bk.)
1527559939 (electronic bk.)

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Paterno Family Librarian Endowment in Literature

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