Fugitive Vision Slave Image and Black Identity in Antebellum Narrative |
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| Author:
| Chaney, Michael A. |
| Series title: | Blacks in the Diaspora Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-253-22108-7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2009 |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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From a portrait of Douglass's mother as Ramses to the incised snatches of proverb and prophecy on Dave the Potter's ceramics, the book identifies a "fugitive visionthat reforms our notions of antebellum black identity, literature, and cultural production.
From a portrait of Douglass's mother as Ramses to the incised snatches of proverb and prophecy on Dave the Potter's ceramics, the book identifies a "fugitive visionthat reforms our notions of antebellum black identity, literature, and cultural production.