Watching Slavery
Witness Texts and Travel Reports
Will be published approx. on 5. February 2008
Book
Hardback
214 pages
978-0-8204-9542-2 (ISBN)
Description
How did witnesses of slavery relate their experiences and what effect did their reports have? This book examines travel accounts, fictions, poetry, and legal texts to analyze direct and indirect encounters with slavery in the antebellum United States. It discusses the rhetorical politics of British and American, and black and white, observations of slavery. The discussion raises critical questions about the role of witness and its link with political action, both in antebellum and contemporary America.
Reviews / Votes
<<Joe Lockard has been doing some of the most creative work to be found on the literature and culture of antislavery. 'Watching Slavery' powerfully proves this point.>> (Marcus Rediker, Author of 'The Slave Ship: A Human History') <<Joe Lockard has been doing some of the most creative work to be found on the literature and culture of antislavery. 'Watching Slavery' powerfully proves this point.>> (Marcus Rediker, Author of 'The Slave Ship: A Human History')More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
num ill.
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
545 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8204-9542-2 (9780820495422)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
02/2008
Peter Lang Verlag
€40.50
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Person
The Author: Joe Lockard is Assistant Professor of English at Arizona State University and directs the Antislavery Literature Project.