Creole Testimonies
Slave Narratives from the British West Indies, 1709-1838
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
| Author: | N. Aljoe | ISBN: | 9781137012807 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | January 2, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | N. Aljoe |
| ISBN: | 9781137012807 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | January 2, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
Analyses the relationships among the socio-historical contexts, generic forms, and rhetorical strategies of British West Indian slave narratives. Grounded by the syncretic theories of creolisation and testimonio it breaks new ground by reading these dictated and fragmentary narratives on their own terms as examples of 'creole testimony'.
Analyses the relationships among the socio-historical contexts, generic forms, and rhetorical strategies of British West Indian slave narratives. Grounded by the syncretic theories of creolisation and testimonio it breaks new ground by reading these dictated and fragmentary narratives on their own terms as examples of 'creole testimony'.
