Reconsidering roots : race, politics, and memory / edited by Erica L. Ball and Kellie Carter Jackson ; [Foreword by Henry Louis Gates Jr.].

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TextLanguage: eng Series: Since 1970: Histories of contemporary America | Since 1970Publisher: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2017Description: xviii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780820350820 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0820350826 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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791.45/72

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PN 1992.77 R311 2017

Summary: These essays -- from scholars in history, sociology, film, and media studies -- interrogate Roots, assessing the ways that the book and its dramatization recast representations of slavery, labor, and the black family; reflected on the promise of freedom and civil rights; and engaged discourses of race, gender, violence, and power.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	PN 1992.77 R311 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000183178

Includes bibliographical references and index.

These essays -- from scholars in history, sociology, film, and media studies -- interrogate Roots, assessing the ways that the book and its dramatization recast representations of slavery, labor, and the black family; reflected on the promise of freedom and civil rights; and engaged discourses of race, gender, violence, and power.

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