{"product_id":"reimagining-the-middle-passage-black-resistance-in-literature-television-and-song-9780814213650","title":"Reimagining the Middle Passage: Black Resistance in Literature, Television, and Song","description":"In \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). \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tara T. Green\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814213650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ohio State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40180668661875,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":134.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_fab724ed-f59c-475a-8e18-1bb69328ae44.jpg?v=1655471716","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/reimagining-the-middle-passage-black-resistance-in-literature-television-and-song-9780814213650","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}