| Description |
xvi, 571 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [527]-546) and index. |
| Contents |
Around the triangle -- The slave trade in the enlightenment -- The veeritions of history -- Revolution, abolitionist translation, Sentiment (1783-1823) -- Gendering abolitionism -- Olympe de gouges, "earwitness to the ills of America" -- Madame de Staël, Mirza, and Pauline: Atlantic memories -- Duras and her ourika, "the ultimate house slave" -- Conclusion to part two -- Restoration, abolition, entertainment -- Tamango around the Atlantic: concatenations of revolt -- Forget Haiti: Baron Roger and the new Africa -- Homosociality, reckoning, and recognition in Eugéne Sue's atar-gull -- Edouard Corbiére, "mating," and maritime adventure -- Césaire, glissant, condé: reimagining the Atlantic -- African "silence" -- Conclusion: Reckoning, reparation, and the value of fictions. |
| Subject |
Slavery in literature.
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| Local Subject |
Trafficking in enslaved persons -- France.
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| Subject |
French literature -- History and criticism.
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Slave trade -- France.
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Slavery in motion pictures.
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| ISBN |
9780822341277 |
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0822341271 |
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9780822341512 paperback |
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0822341514 paperback |
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