Cultural Representations of Massacre

Reinterpretations of the Mutiny of Senegal

• Author(s): Sabrina Parent,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 210
• ISBN_10: 1137274972
  ISBN_13: 9781137274977
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Africa / General , Social Science / General , History / Social History , Social Science / Sociology / General , History / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Regional Studies ,

Description:... In this book, Parent puts together a history of representations of the 1944 mutiny in Senegal. Combining firsthand analysis of the works and their intertextual interactions as well an external perspective, Parent engages with history, literature, film, poetics, and politics and highlights the importance of remembering the past.