The Slave Ship, Memory and the Origin of Modernity

Author:   Martyn Hudson ,  Henri Lustiger-Thaler
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   New edition
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Pages:   166
Publication Date:   06 January 2016
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The Slave Ship, Memory and the Origin of Modernity


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Author:   Martyn Hudson ,  Henri Lustiger-Thaler
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781472453433


ISBN 10:   1472453433
Pages:   166
Publication Date:   06 January 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: the slave ship, memory and the origin of modernity 1. The sea, the passage, and slavery 2. The dark hold: the slave ship and the middle passage 3. Marx and the pirates: ‘forcing houses of internationalism’ and the nautical proletariat 4. Wooden life-worlds: memory studies and the experience of slavery 5. The slave ship, plantations and materiality of memory 6. The passage, syncretic memory and sound 7. Traces, memory, and the human Conclusions - memory, slavery, modernity References Index

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'Hudson's search for authentic voices of the millions of enslaved Africans shipped as cargo across the Atlantic to the Americas leads to an impressive original discussion of the methodologies involved in recapturing this crucial phase of the creation of African-American cultures.' Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Michigan State University, USA


Hudson's search for authentic voices of the millions of enslaved Africans shipped as cargo across the Atlantic to the Americas leads to an impressive original discussion of the methodologies involved in recapturing this crucial phase of the creation of African-American cultures. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Michigan State University, USA


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Martyn Hudson directs the Co-Curate North East Programme at Newcastle University and works on the relations between sound archives, history, and social machines with a specific interest in web-based slave databases and archives. He has directed arts and history projects with refugees, trauma and torture survivors and trafficked migrants and is currently working with projects to support new boat peoples like the Rohingya and in music projects to support trauma recovery.

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