{"product_id":"reimagining-the-middle-passage-black-resistance-in-literature-television-and-song-paperback","title":"Reimagining the Middle Passage: Black Resistance in Literature, Television, and Song - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTara T. Green\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eReimagining the Middle Passage: Black Resistance in Literature, Television, and Song\u003c\/i\u003e, Tara T. Green turns to twentieth- and recent twenty-first-century representations of the Middle Passage created by African-descended artists and writers. Examining how these writers and performers revised and reimagined the Middle Passage in their work, Green argues that they recognized it as a historical and geographical site of trauma as well as a symbol for a place of understanding and change. Their work represents the legacy African captives left for resisting \"social death\" (the idea that Black life does not matter), but it also highlights strong resistance to that social death (the idea that it does matter). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Exploring the presence of water and its impact on African descendants, \u003ci\u003eReimagining the Middle Passage\u003c\/i\u003eoffers fresh analyses of Alex Haley's\u003ci\u003eRoots\u003c\/i\u003eand the television adaptations; the history of flooding in Black communities in literature such as Jesmyn Ward's\u003ci\u003eSalvage the Bones\u003c\/i\u003eand Paule Marshall's\u003ci\u003ePraisesong for the Widow\u003c\/i\u003e, in blues songs, and in television shows such as\u003ci\u003eTreme\u003c\/i\u003e; and stories of resistance found in myths associated with Marie Laveau and flying Africans. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTara T. Green is Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies at University of North Carolina Greensboro. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 210\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52503210098995,"sku":"9780814254714","price":66.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/TVFuR1hvN1J1Zk5Fc21ORkNoVDg3dz09.webp?v=1760165850","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/reimagining-the-middle-passage-black-resistance-in-literature-television-and-song-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}