{"product_id":"the-trickster-comes-west-babacar-mbaye-9781617032103","title":"The Trickster Comes West: Pan-African Influence in Early Black Diasporan Narratives","description":"In the past, scholars have looked at narratives of the African diaspora only to discover how these memoirs, poems, and fictions related to the West. \u003ci\u003eThe Trickster Comes West: Pan-African Influence in Early Black Diasporan Narratives\u003c\/i\u003e explores relationships among African American, Afro-Caribbean, and Afro-British narratives of slavery and of New World and British oppression and what African influences brought to these diasporic expressions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using an interdisciplinary method that combines history, literary theory, cultural studies, anthropology, folklore, and philosophy, the book examines the work of Pan-African trickster icons, such as \u003ci\u003eLeuk\u003c\/i\u003e (Rabbit), \u003ci\u003eGolo\u003c\/i\u003e (Monkey), \u003ci\u003eBouki\u003c\/i\u003e (Hyena), \u003ci\u003eMbe\u003c\/i\u003e (Tortoise), and \u003ci\u003eAnancy\u003c\/i\u003e (Spider), on the resistance strategies of early black writers who were exposing the evils of slavery, racism, sexism, economic exploitation, and other forms of oppression. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Works discussed in this book include Phillis Wheatley's \u003ci\u003ePoems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral\u003c\/i\u003e (1773), Quobna Ottobah Cugoano's \u003ci\u003eThoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e (1787), Olaudah Equiano's \u003ci\u003eThe Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano\u003c\/i\u003e (1795), Elizabeth Hart Thwaites's \"History of Methodism\" (1804), Anne Hart Gilbert's \"History of Methodism\" (1804), and Mary Prince's \u003ci\u003eThe History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave, Related By Herself\u003c\/i\u003e (1831). Analyzing these writings in the context of the black Atlantic struggle for freedom, \u003ci\u003eThe Trickster Comes West\u003c\/i\u003e relocates the beginnings of Pan-Africanism and suggests the strong influence of its theories of communal resistance, racial solidarity, and economic development on pioneering black narratives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Babacar M'Baye\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1617032107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781617032103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Babacar M'Baye","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939232153855,"sku":"9781617032103","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4a7a56a5-684c-4501-be6a-ec3826d4110e.jpg?v=1681440280","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-trickster-comes-west-babacar-mbaye-9781617032103","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}