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245 10 a| Metaphor and the slave trade in West African literatureh| [electronic resource] /c| Laura Murphy.;

260 a| Athens, Ohio :b| Ohio University Press,;

300 a| ix, 243 p. ;c| 23 cm.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-235) and index.;

505 0 a| Against amnesia: metaphors and memory in West Africa -- Magical capture in a landscape of terror: the trope of the body in the bag in Amos Tutuola's My life in the bush of ghosts -- Geographies of memory: mapping slavery's recurrence in Ben Okri's The famished road -- The curse of constant remembrance: the belated trauma of the slave trade in Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments -- Childless mothers and dead husbands: the enslavement of intimacy and Ama Ata Aidoo's secret language of memory -- The suffering of survival -- The future of the past: the new historical fiction.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

650 0 a| West African literature (English)x| History and criticism.=| ^A836943;

650 0 a| Slave trade in literature.=| ^A227654;

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Metaphor and the slave trade in West African literature / Laura Murphy.

Author/creator	Murphy, Laura
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press,
Description	ix, 243 p. ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	West African literature (English)--History and criticism. Slave trade in literature.

Contents	Against amnesia: metaphors and memory in West Africa -- Magical capture in a landscape of terror: the trope of the body in the bag in Amos Tutuola's My life in the bush of ghosts -- Geographies of memory: mapping slavery's recurrence in Ben Okri's The famished road -- The curse of constant remembrance: the belated trauma of the slave trade in Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments -- Childless mothers and dead husbands: the enslavement of intimacy and Ama Ata Aidoo's secret language of memory -- The suffering of survival -- The future of the past: the new historical fiction.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-235) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2011051426
ISBN	9780821419953 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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