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The Masters and the Slaves: Plantation Relations and Mestizaje in American Imaginaries (New Directions in Latino American Cultures)
Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond
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Description for The Masters and the Slaves: Plantation Relations and Mestizaje in American Imaginaries (New Directions in Latino American Cultures)
Hardcover. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1K; HBTS; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
This collection presents a comparative study of the impact of slavery on the literary and cultural imagination of the Americas, and also on the impact of writing on slavery on the social legacies of slavery's history. The chapters examine the relationship of slavery and master/slave relations to nationalist projects throughout the Americas - the ways in which a history of slavery and its abolition has shaped a nation's identity and race relations within that nation. The scope of the study is unprecedented - the book ties together the entire 'Black Atlantic', including the French and Spanish Caribbean, the US, and ... Read more
This collection presents a comparative study of the impact of slavery on the literary and cultural imagination of the Americas, and also on the impact of writing on slavery on the social legacies of slavery's history. The chapters examine the relationship of slavery and master/slave relations to nationalist projects throughout the Americas - the ways in which a history of slavery and its abolition has shaped a nation's identity and race relations within that nation. The scope of the study is unprecedented - the book ties together the entire 'Black Atlantic', including the French and Spanish Caribbean, the US, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
New Directions in Latino American Cultures
Number of Pages
161
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403965639
SKU
V9781403965639
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About Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond
Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Luso-Brazilian Studies. University of California, San Diego, USA.
Reviews for The Masters and the Slaves: Plantation Relations and Mestizaje in American Imaginaries (New Directions in Latino American Cultures)
'This is a subject that has received a stunning and disappointing lack of attention, despite the fact that slavery has played such a central role in the formation of a wide variety of American nations.' - George Hardly 'Superb scholarship...a landmark work, an essential source of knowledge for those who venture into the history, culture and social ... Read more