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1 online resource (x, 252 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 163
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Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 163.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 1. Slavery, insurance, and sacrifice: the embodiment of capital -- 2. Debt, self-redemption, and foreclosure -- 3. Machines inside the machine: slavery and technology -- 4. The hands of others: sculpture and pain -- 5. The sonic veil -- 6. Slavery in the mind: trauma and the weather. |
| Summary |
"In American history and throughout the Western world, the subjugation perpetuated by slavery has created a unique "culture of slavery." That culture exists as a metaphorical, artistic, and literary tradition attached to the enslaved - human beings whose lives are "owed" to another, who are used as instruments by another, and who must endure suffering in silence. Tim Armstrong explores the metaphorical legacy of slavery in American culture by investigating debt, technology, and pain in African-American literature and a range of other writings and artworks. Armstrong's careful analysis reveals how notions of the slave as a debtor lie hidden in our accounts of the commodified self and how writers like Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rebecca Harding Davis, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, Ralph Ellison, and Toni Morrison grapple with the pervasive view that slaves are akin to machines. Finally, Armstrong examines how conceptions of the slave as a container of suppressed pain are reflected in disciplines as diverse as art, sculpture, music, and psychology"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Slavery in literature.
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Slavery in literature. |
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American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
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19th century |
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American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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20th century |
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American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- African American authors. |
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Slavery in art.
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Slavery in art. |
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Slavery -- United States -- History.
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Slavery. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Slavery -- Psychological aspects.
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Slavery -- Psychological aspects. |
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Slavery -- Economic aspects.
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Slavery -- Economic aspects. |
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Commodification.
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Commodification. |
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Reification.
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Reification. |
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1800-1999 |
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Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Armstrong, Tim. Logic of Slavery. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107025073 |
| ISBN |
9781139518970 (electronic book) |
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1139518976 (electronic book) |
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9781139515467 (electronic book) |
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1139515462 (electronic book) |
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9781139177252 (ebook) |
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1139177257 (ebook) |
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9781139517119 |
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1139517112 |
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9781107025073 (hardback) |
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1107025079 (hardback) |
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9781107607811 (paperback) |
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1107607817 (paperback) |
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