{"product_id":"metaphor-and-the-slave-trade-laura-t-murphy-9780821419953","title":"Metaphor and the Slave Trade in West African Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetaphor and the Slave Trade\u003c\/i\u003e provides compelling evidence of the hidden but unmistakable traces of the transatlantic slave trade that persist in West African discourse. Through an examination of metaphors that describe the trauma, loss, and suffering associated with the commerce in human lives, this book shows how the horrors of slavery are communicated from generation to generation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaura T. Murphy's insightful new readings of canonical West African fiction, autobiography, drama, and poetry explore the relationship between memory and metaphor and emphasize how repressed or otherwise marginalized memories can be transmitted through images, tropes, rumors, and fears. By analyzing the unique codes through which West Africans have represented the slave trade, this work foregrounds African literary contributions to Black Atlantic discourse and draws attention to the archive that metaphor unlocks for scholars of all disciplines and fields of study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura T. Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821419951\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821419953\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Laura T. Murphy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926522953983,"sku":"9780821419953","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_956c238f-6d0e-4469-83f7-cb30017a9af7.jpg?v=1681083535","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/metaphor-and-the-slave-trade-laura-t-murphy-9780821419953","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}