{"product_id":"9780253111425","title":"The Slave's Rebellion: Literature, History, Orature","description":"\u003cp\u003eEpisodes of slave rebellions such as Nat Turner's are central to\u003cbr\u003e speculations on the trajectory of black history and the goal of black spiritual\u003cbr\u003e struggles. Using fiction, history, and oral poetry drawn from the United States, the\u003cbr\u003e Caribbean, and Africa, this book analyzes how writers reinterpret episodes of\u003cbr\u003e historical slave rebellion to conceptualize their understanding of an ideal\u003cbr\u003e \"master-less\" future. The texts range from Frederick Douglass's The Heroic\u003cbr\u003e Slave and Alejo Carpentier's The Kingdom of this World to Yoruba praise poetry and\u003cbr\u003e novels by Nigerian writers Adebayo Faleti and Akinwumi Isola. Each text reflects\u003cbr\u003e different \"national\" attitudes toward the historicity of slave rebellions\u003cbr\u003e that shape the ways the texts are read. This is an absorbing book about the grip of\u003cbr\u003e slavery and rebellion on modern black thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067708162288,"sku":"9780253111425","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780253111425_p0.jpg?v=1763681152","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253111425","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}