The memoirs of Toussaint and Isaac Louverture representing the Black masculine in narratives of mourning and loss / Arthur F. Saint-Aubin.
| Author/creator | Saint-Aubin, Arthur Flannigan |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Bethlehem : Lehigh University Press, [2015] |
| Description | xxxiii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | New directions in Africana studies |
| Contents | Preface -- Chronology -- First publications -- The Louvertures and the evolution of memoir writing in France : historicizing the personal/personalizing the historical -- Remembered injustices : a memory of history/the fiction of memory -- Toussaint's Constitution : power, memoir writing, and the making of Black manhood -- The fact of Blackness/the fiction of masculinity : toward narratives of mourning and melancholia -- Postscript: The Louvertures, Haiti, and a diasporic tradition of writing the masculine self -- Appendix. |
| Scope and content | "This book examines the memoir of Toussaint Louverture--a former slave, general in the French army, and leader of the Haitian Revolution--and the memoir of his son, Isaac"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015015202 |
| ISBN | 9781611461954 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | 9781611461978 (paper : alkaline paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |