The Power of Neo-Slave Fiction and Public History

ISBN-13: 9781032451275 / Twarda / 2023 / 224 str.

Australia) Rodwell Grant (The University of Newcastle

Opis

The central thesis of this book is the belief historical fiction in text and film shape attitudes towards an understanding of history as it moves the focus from slavery to the enslaved—from the institution to the personal, families and feminist accounts.

Recenzje

"The human stories authentically leap from the pages eloquently in Grant Rodwell’s latest book. Painstakingly researched and brilliantly told… simply splendid!

An account throughout that is sensitive, colourful and compelling. Composed yet again with rare skill by the remarkable man from Oberon. A book of dramatic sweep and great narrative strength."

John Ramsland, Emeritus Professor, University of Newcastle, Australia

Spis treści

Contents

Abstract
Dedication
Acronyms and abbreviations
Acknolwedgements
Preface
Introduction

Chapter 1: From slavery to the enslaved: new paradigms, neo-slave fiction, a shared history and higher-order historical thinking

Chapter 2 Slavery and the enslaved: breaking boundaries with neo-slave narratives

Chapter 3 Antebellum neo-slave narratives, history and historiography: higher-order thinking and a public history

Chapter 4 The enslaved, slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction

Chapter 5 Jim Crow and slavery’s immediate aftermath

General conclusions
Bibliography

O autorze

Grant Rodwell is a senior lecturer in the School of Education at The University of Newcastle, Australia.