{"product_id":"claiming-exodus-rhondda-robinson-thomas-9781602585317","title":"Claiming Exodus: A Cultural History of Afro-Atlantic Identity, 1774-1903","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the 18th century, American Puritans introduced migrant and enslaved Africans to the Exodus story. In contrast to the ways white Americans appropriated the texts to defend the practice of slavery, African migrants and slaves would recast the Exodus in defense of freedom and equality, creating narratives that would ultimately propel abolition and result in a wellspring of powerful writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on a broad collection of Afro-Atlantic authors, Rhondda Robinson Thomas shows how writers such as Absalom Jones, Daniel Coker, and W.E.B. Du Bois employed the Exodus metanarrative to ask profound, difficult questions of the African experience. These writers employed it as a literary muse, warranting, Thomas contends, that they be classified and studied as a unique literary genre. Through an arresting reading of works renowned to the largely unknown, \u003ci\u003eClaiming Exodus \u003c\/i\u003euncovers in these writings a robust foundation for enacting political change and a stimulating picture of Africans constructing a new identity in an unfamiliar homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rhondda Robinson Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1602585318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781602585317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baylor University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.38h x 6.42w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2013","brand":"Rhondda Robinson Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44068766843135,"sku":"9781602585317","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_253090d8-9d6d-4dbe-a9fc-4c66c166d577.jpg?v=1685420880","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/claiming-exodus-rhondda-robinson-thomas-9781602585317","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}