Christensen Rebellious Histories

The Amistad Slave Revolt and the Cultures of Late Twentieth-Century Black Transnationalism
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4384-3971-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Traces the emergence of creative texts focusing on the nineteenth-century slave trade to make sense of the radicalized effects of global capitalism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Christensen, Matthew J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Rebellious Histories

1. Cinque/Sengbe: Naming the Transnational Subject

2. Cannibals in the Postcolony: Charlie Haffner’s Amistad Kata-Kata and the Moral Economy of Global Consumption

3. Neoliberal Masculinity, Black Transnationalism, and the United States’ Disappearing borders in Amistad and Echo of Lions

4. Enslaving Globalization: Trans-Atlantic Slavery, Civil War, and Modernity in Raymond DeSouza-George’s The Broken Handcuff

Conclusion: Rebellious Futures

Notes
Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Matthew J. Christensen is Associate Professor of English at the University of Texas–Pan American.