Blind Memory
Visual Representations of Slavery in England and America
1st Edition
Published on 25. May 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-415-92698-0 (ISBN)
Description
Throughout this important volume, the author underscores two vital themes: one, that visual presentation of slavery in England and America has been utterly dishonest to its subject, and the other a meditation on whether the ruptures of the slave experience - middle passage, bondage, and torture -- can be adequately represented and remembered.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
175 farbige Abbildungen, 8 s/w Abbildungen
175 Illustrations, color; 8 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
907 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-92698-0 (9780415926980)
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Other editions
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Book
05/2000
1st Edition
Routledge
€139.63
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Person
Marcus Wood is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Sussex. His previous works include Radical Satire and Print Culture 1790-1820.
Content
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. The irrecoverable: representing the 'middle passage'
3. Rhetoric and the runaway: the iconography of slave escape in England and America
4. Beyond the cover: Uncle Tom's Cabin and slavery as global entertainment
5. Representing pain and describing torture: slavery, punishment and martyrology
6. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. The irrecoverable: representing the 'middle passage'
3. Rhetoric and the runaway: the iconography of slave escape in England and America
4. Beyond the cover: Uncle Tom's Cabin and slavery as global entertainment
5. Representing pain and describing torture: slavery, punishment and martyrology
6. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index