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Rebellious histories

Christensen, Matthew J.

Rebellious histories the Amistad slave revolt and the cultures of late twentieth-century black transnationalism / [electronic resource] : Matthew J. Christensen. - Albany : State University of New York Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (202 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Amistad (Schooner).


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


Sierra Leone--History.


Electronic books.

E447 / .C48 2011

326/.80973