Metaphor and the Slave Trade in West African Literature - Couverture souple

Murphy, Laura T.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0821419951 ISBN 13 : 9780821419953

Editeur : Ohio University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Metaphor and the Slave Trade provides compelling evidence of the hidden but unmistakable traces of the transatlantic slave trade that persist in West African discourse. Through an examination of metaphors that describe the trauma, loss, and suffering associated with the commerce in human lives, this book shows how the horrors of slavery are communicated from generation to generation.

Laura T. Murphy's insightful new readings of canonical West African fiction, autobiography, drama, and poetry explore the relationship between memory and metaphor and emphasize how repressed or otherwise marginalized memories can be transmitted through images, tropes, rumors, and fears. By analyzing the unique codes through which West Africans have represented the slave trade, this work foregrounds African literary contributions to Black Atlantic discourse and draws attention to the archive that metaphor unlocks for scholars of all disciplines and fields of study.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Laura T. Murphy is an assistant professor of English at Loyola University in New Orleans. Her work has appeared in Research in African Literatures and in Studies in the Novel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ohio University Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0821419951
• ISBN 13: 9780821419953
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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