Reconsidering Roots
Race, Politics, and Memory
Race, Politics, and Memory
by Erica L. Ball, Kellie Carter Jackson, Norvella Carter, Warren Chalklen, Elise Chatelain, Robert K. Chester, Clare Corbould, Henry Louis Gates Jr., David J. Leonard, Delia Mellis, Francesca Morgan, Tyler D. Parry, Martin Stollery, Dominic Meng-Hsuan Yang, Bhekuyise Zungu, C. Richard King
These essays -- from scholars in history, sociology, film, and media studies -- interrogate Roots, assessing the ways that the book and its dramatization recast representations of slavery, labor, and the black family; reflected on the promise of freedom and civil rights; and engaged discourses of race, gender, violence, and power.
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