Creole Testimonies: Slave Narratives from the British West Indies, 1709-1838

By Nicole N. Aljoe

Book Overview

Analyses the relationships among the socio-historical contexts, generic forms, and rhetorical strategies of British West Indian slave narratives. Grounded by the syncretic theories of creolisation and testimonio it breaks new ground by reading these dictated and fragmentary narratives on their own terms as examples of 'creole testimony'.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 134934110X
• ISBN13: 9781349341108
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"