Description
Book SynopsisProfessional historians, schools, colleges and universities are not alone in shaping higher-order understanding of history. The central thesis of this book is the belief historical fiction in text and film shape attitudes towards an understanding of history as it moves the focus from slavery to the enslavedfrom the institution to the personal, families and feminist accounts.
In a broader sense, this contributes to a public history. In part, using the quickly growing corpus of neo-slave counterfactual narratives, this book examines the notion of the emerging slavery public history, and the extent to which this is defined by literature, film and other forms of artistic expression, rather than non-fictionpopular or scholarlyand education in history in the school systems. Inter alia, this book looks to the validity of historical fiction in print or in film as a way of understanding history. A focal point of this book is the hypothesis that neo-slave narrativessupported by selectiv
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"The human stories authentically leap from the pages eloquently in Grant Rodwell’s latest book. Painstakingly researched and brilliantly told… simply splendid!
An account throughout that is sensitive, colourful and compelling. Composed yet again with rare skill by the remarkable man from Oberon. A book of dramatic sweep and great narrative strength."
John Ramsland, Emeritus Professor, University of Newcastle, Australia
Table of ContentsContents
Abstract
Dedication
Acronyms and abbreviations
Acknolwedgements
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: From slavery to the enslaved: new paradigms, neo-slave fiction, a shared history and higher-order historical thinking
Chapter 2 Slavery and the enslaved: breaking boundaries with neo-slave narratives
Chapter 3 Antebellum neo-slave narratives, history and historiography: higher-order thinking and a public history
Chapter 4 The enslaved, slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction
Chapter 5 Jim Crow and slavery’s immediate aftermath
General conclusions
Bibliography
