Metaphor and the Slave Trade in West African Literature. (Record no. 38954)
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| International Standard Book Number | 9780821444122 |
| Qualifying information | (electronic bk.) |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9780821419953 |
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| System control number | (OCoLC)793494344 |
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| Original cataloging agency | MiAaPQ |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
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| Transcribing agency | MiAaPQ |
| Modifying agency | MiAaPQ |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | PR9340.5 -- .M87 2012eb |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 820.93580966 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Murphy, Laura T. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Metaphor and the Slave Trade in West African Literature. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Athens, OH : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Ohio University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2012. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | ©2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (265 pages) |
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| Content type term | text |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Western African Studies |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Intro -- Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One Against Amnesia: Metaphor and Memory in West Africa -- Two Magical Capture in a Landscape of Terror: The Trope of the Body in the Bag in Amos Tutuola's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts -- Three Geographies of Memory: Mapping Slavery's Recurrence in Ben Okri's The Famished Road -- Four The Curse of Constant Remembrance: The Belated Trauma of the Slave Trade in Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments -- Five Childless Mothers and Dead Husbands: The Enslavement of Intimacy and Ama Ata Aidoo's Secret Language of Memory -- Six The Suffering of Survival -- Epilogue The Future of the Past: The New Historical Fiction -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Through an examination of metaphors that describe the trauma, loss, and suffering associated with the the transatlantic slave trade, Metaphor and the Slave Trade shows how the horrors of slavery are communicated from generation to generation and persist in West African discourse. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
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| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Murphy, Laura T. |
| Title | Metaphor and the Slave Trade in West African Literature |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Athens, OH : Ohio University Press,c2012 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780821419953 |
| 797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN) | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ProQuest (Firm) |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Western African Studies |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1757109">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1757109</a> |
| Public note | Click to View |
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