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Published by Akashic Books, 2012
ISBN 10: 161775031XISBN 13: 9781617750311
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Published by Akashic Books, 2012
ISBN 10: 1617750328ISBN 13: 9781617750328
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Published by Thorndike Press, 2012
ISBN 10: 1410445828ISBN 13: 9781410445827
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Published by Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd, Jacaranda Books Apr 2019, 2019
ISBN 10: 1909762881ISBN 13: 9781909762886
Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germany
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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019, a powerful, well-researched, fictional account exploring the trokosi tradition for the curious and the open-minded.Abeo Kata lives a comfortable, happy life in West Africa as the privileged nine-year-old daughter of a government employee and stay-at-home mother. But when the Katas' idyllic lifestyle takes a turn for the worse, Abeo's father, following his mother's advice, places the girl in a religious shrine, hoping that the sacrifice of his daughter will serve as atonement for the crimes of his ancestors. Unspeakable acts befall Abeo for the fifteen years she is enslaved within the shrine. When she is finally rescued, broken and battered, she must struggle to overcome her past, endure the revelation of family secrets, and learn to trust and love again. In the tradition of Chris Cleave's Little Bee, Praise Song for the Butterflies is a contemporary story that offers an educational, eye-opening account of the practice of ritual servitude in West Africa. Spanning decades and two continents, Praise Song for the Butterflies is an unflinching tale of the devastation that children are subject to when adults are ruled by fear and someone must pay the consequences.'Abeo is unrelenting - a fiery protagonist who sparks in every scene. Bernice L. McFadden has created yet another compelling story, this time about hope and freedom.' Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of Here Comes the Sun.
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Published by Random House UK Ltd, 2022
ISBN 10: 1784877328ISBN 13: 9781784877323
Seller: moluna, Greven, Germany
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Condition: New. Über den AutorBernice L. McFadden is the author of ten critically acclaimed novels including Sugar, Loving Donovan, Nowhere Is a Place, The Warmest December, Gathering of Waters (a New Yo.
Published by AKASHIC BOOKS, 2016
ISBN 10: 1617754463ISBN 13: 9781617754463
Seller: moluna, Greven, Germany
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Condition: New. Über den AutorBernice L. McFadden is the author of nine critically acclaimed novels including Sugar, Loving Donovan, Nowhere Is a Place, The Warmest December, Gathering of Waters (a Ne.
Published by AKASHIC BOOKS, 2013
ISBN 10: 1617751316ISBN 13: 9781617751318
Seller: moluna, Greven, Germany
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Condition: New. Über den AutorrnrnBernice L. McFadden: Bernice L. McFadden is the author of eight critically acclaimed novels including the classic Sugar, Gathering of Waters, and Glorious, which was featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, selected as the .
Published by AKASHIC BOOKS, 2016
ISBN 10: 1617754455ISBN 13: 9781617754456
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Condition: New. Über den AutorBernice L. McFadden is the author of nine critically acclaimed novels including Sugar, Loving Donovan, Nowhere Is a Place, The Warmest December, Gathering of Waters (a Ne.
Published by AKASHIC BOOKS, 2018
ISBN 10: 1617755753ISBN 13: 9781617755750
Seller: moluna, Greven, Germany
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Condition: New. Über den AutorrnrnBernice L. McFadden is the author of nine critically acclaimed novels including Sugar, Loving Donovan, Nowhere Is a Place, The Warmest December, Gathering of Waters (a New York Times Editors Choice.
Published by Peter Lang Jul 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1636672566ISBN 13: 9781636672564
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book analyzes the various ways of coming to terms with the Emmett Till case in US fiction. The 1955 lynching of the fourteen-year-old black youth in the Mississippi Delta raised a cultural trauma in the US collective imaginary that particularly pierced the African American community, later resulting in a recurrent motif that this monograph conceptualizes as the Emmett Till trauma. This motif has historically permeated the whole spectrum of US society, springing up in manifold ways and artistic manifestations, but why does it continue to reverberate with such prominence nowadays And which strategies have the different communities been adopting to cope with it over the years This book seeks in literature the answers to these central questions, as it analyzes the ways in which several social groups come to terms with the Till trauma, focusing on the three major novels inspired by the tragic incident: Bebe Moore Campbell's Your Blues Ain't Like Mine (1992), Lewis Nordan's Wolf Whistle (1993), and Bernice L. McFadden's Gathering of Waters (2012). The critical analysis of these three novels is imbued with a theoretical framework mainly based on trauma theory but also influenced by spectrality studies and black studies. Such a theoretical framework allows exploration of the hidden intricacies of the Till case and its traumatic impact on the broader US society, with special emphasis on its aftereffects within the African American community, in the first single-authored monograph on the infamous lynching in literature.'Carefully theorized and persuasively argued, this study is the most comprehensive account we have of the haunting presence of Emmett Till in the American literary imagination. Attuned to hidden intricacies, Martín Fernández Fernández makes a convincing case that fiction provides us with the expansive space we need to work through historical trauma, enabling us to mourn properly across generations while at the same time exploring opportunities for progress and healing. Anyone interested in this lynching, and the vast literary response it has inspired, would do well to give this study the close attention it deserves.'-Chris Metress, Professor at Samford University; Author of The Lynching of Emmett Till: A Documentary Narrative'This book successfully links the events of the Emmett Till case to recent historical episodes and the Black Lives Matter movement triggered by them. It is a thoroughly documented study that manages to present in a straightforward and accessible manner the historical and mythical significance of a case that still today haunts the US collective memory. The overwhelming evidence, the soundness of the argumentation, and the clarity and accessibility of the writing make of this monograph a valuable addition to our understanding of the African American experience, as well as the complex texture of the US as a nation.'-Manuel Broncano, Professor of American Literature, Texas A&M International University'Martín Fernández Fernández locates the forever wound of black child murder in the crevices of America's racial fault lines in his study The Emmett Till Trauma in US Fiction. More than just a recounting of the gruesome killing of fourteen-year-old Emmett Till, Fernández Fernández's thoughtful study traces the ways Till's murder has been memorialized in speculative fiction. Mythology, magical realism, and creative license provide ready avenues for the explorations of familial retribution, spiritual redemption, and communal healing in the bloodlines of both impacted families in the Till saga.'-Carol E. Henderson, Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, Chief Diversity Officer, Emory University; Professor Emerita, English, Africana Studies, University of Delaware 164 pp. Englisch.
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