Contrary Voices

Representations of West Indian Slavery

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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Highlights variations in representations of West Indian slavery by drawing on a range of testimonies, especially those of the enslaved themselves. This work focuses on representations based principally on first-hand experience or observation of slavery in the then British West Indies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2008-07-30
Mått152 x 228 x 30 mm
Vikt788 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor519
FörlagUniversity of the West Indies Press
ISBN9789766402082

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Karina Williamson is an Honorary Fellow of Edinburgh University and Supernumerary Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford. She has taught at the universities of Oxford, Edinburgh, Uppsala and New Mexico. She was principal editor of The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart; editor of Marly; or A Planter's Life in Jamaica; and she has published numerous articles on English, Scottish and Caribbean subjects. Recent publications on Caribbean topics are "West Indian Georgic" in Essays in Criticism and "Reinventing Jamaican History: Roger Mais and George William Gordon" in Beyond the Blood, the Beach and the Banana: New Perspectives in Caribbean Studies, edited by Sandra Courtman.