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Author:

Christensen, Matthew J.

Title:

Rebellious histories : the Amistad slave revolt and the cultures of late twentieth-century Black transnationalism / Matthew J. Christensen.

Publisher:

State University of New York Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xiv, 188 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Slave insurrections--United States.
Amistad (Schooner).
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)--History--20th century.
Antislavery movements--United States.
Sierra Leonean literature.
Sierra Leone--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : rebellious histories -- Cinque/Sengbe : naming the transnational subject -- Cannibals in the postcolony : Charlie Haffner's Amistad Kata-Kata and the moral economy of global consumption -- Neoliberal masculinity, black transnationalism, and the United States ; disappearing borders in Amistad and echo of lions -- Enslaving globalization : trans-atlantic slavery, Civil War, and modernity in Raymond Desouza-George's The broken handcuff -- Conclusion : rebellious futures.

ISBN:

1438439709 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781438439709 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1438439695 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781438439693 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)707486630

LCCN:

2011008544

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)