Celia, a slave
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Wright, Nicholas, 1940- writer of forward.
Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016].
ISBN
0300197063, 9780300197068
Physical Desc
xi, 94 pages ; 23 cm
Status
Providence Public - Level 2 Book Stacks
812.6 S519 2016
1 available
812.6 S519 2016
1 available
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Providence Public - Level 2 Book Stacks | 812.6 S519 2016 | On Shelf |
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
0300197063, 9780300197068
Notes
Description
"Barbara Seyda's stunningly theatrical Celia, a Slave is a vivid tableau of interviews with the dead that interweaves oral histories with official archival records. Powerful, poetic, and stylistically bold, this work foregrounds twenty-three diverse characters to recall the events that led to the hanging of nineteen-year-old Celia, an African American slave convicted in a Missouri court of murdering her master, the prosperous landowner Robert Newsom, in 1855. Excavating actual trial transcripts and court records, Seyda bears witness to racial and sexual violence in U.S. history, illuminating the brutal realities of female slave life in the pre-Civil War South while exploring the intersection of rape, morality, economics, and gender politics that continue to resonate today"--Back cover.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Seyda, B., & Wright, N. (2016). Celia, a slave . Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Seyda, Barbara, 1957- and Nicholas Wright. 2016. Celia, a Slave. Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Seyda, Barbara, 1957- and Nicholas Wright. Celia, a Slave Yale University Press, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Seyda, Barbara, and Nicholas Wright. Celia, a Slave Yale University Press, 2016.
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