| Metaphor and the Slave Trade in West African Literature Contributor(s): Murphy, Laura T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0821419951 ISBN-13: 9780821419953 Publisher: Ohio University Press OUR PRICE: $36.58 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - History | Africa - West - Literary Criticism | African |
| Dewey: 820.935 |
| LCCN: 2011051426 |
| Series: Western African Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.83 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - West Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |