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Black Africans in the British Imagination English Narratives of the Early Atlantic World

Title
Black Africans in the British Imagination [electronic resource] : English Narratives of the Early Atlantic World / Cassander L. Smith.
Author
Smith, Cassander L., 1977-
Publication
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2016]

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Description
1 online resource (pages cm)
Uniform Title
  • Black Africans in the British Imagination (Online)
  • Book collections on Project MUSE.
Alternative Title
Black Africans in the British Imagination (Online)
Subject
  • Imperialism in literature
  • Travel writing > America
  • Travel writing > Atlantic Ocean Region
  • Colonies in literature
  • Africans in literature
  • Black people > Race identity > Atlantic Ocean Region
  • English prose literature > 17th century > History and criticism
  • English prose literature > 16th century > History and criticism
  • Spain > Colonies > Race relations. > America
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on print version record.
Contents
Introduction: Black Africans, a Black legend, and challenges of representation -- Points of origin: English voyages to Guinea -- Reconstructing the Ethiop: Sir Francis Drake and the simarrones of Panama -- Alliances real and imagined: Thomas Gage and Black African collaboration in New Spain -- Consuming beauty: Richard Ligon, Black African women, and a reciprocity of power -- Locating Africa in the Americas: George Best, Sir Walter Ralegh, and the quandaries of racial representation -- Afterword: beyond the mediation.
OCLC
ssj0001755020
Author
Smith, Cassander L., 1977-
Title
Black Africans in the British Imagination [electronic resource] : English Narratives of the Early Atlantic World / Cassander L. Smith.
Imprint
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2016] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Series
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Note
Description based on print version record.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Project Muse.
LCCN
2016012831
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