Narratives of Dependency Textual Representations of Slavery, Captivity, and Other Forms of Strong Asymmetrical Dependencies

The 15 articles in this interdisciplinary volume examine facets of the history of asymmetrical dependencies via representations of dependency in a wide range of (factual and fictional) text types, including inscriptions from Egyptian tombs, biblical narratives, novels from antiquity, the Middle High...

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Main Authors: Brüggen, Elke, Gymnich, Marion
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2024
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Edition:1
Series:Dependency and Slavery Studies
Subjects:
Abhängigkeit
Anthropology
Biography, Literature and Literary studies
captivity narrative
dependency
Gefangenschaft
General and world history
History
HISTORY / General
HISTORY / Modern / General
HISTORY / Social History
History and Archaeology
imprisonment
LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / General
Literary studies: general
Literature: history and criticism
Narrativ
Sklaverei
Slavery
Social and cultural anthropology
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Society and Social Sciences
Sociology and anthropology
Slavery
Gefangenschaft
Abhängigkeit
dependency
Narrativ
imprisonment
captivity narrative
Sklaverei
ISBN:9783111381824, 311138182X, 3111381919, 3111379809, 9783111381916, 9783111379807
ISSN:2701-1127
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Summary:The 15 articles in this interdisciplinary volume examine facets of the history of asymmetrical dependencies via representations of dependency in a wide range of (factual and fictional) text types, including inscriptions from Egyptian tombs, biblical narratives, novels from antiquity, the Middle High German Rolandslied, Ottoman court records, travelogues, the American gift book The Liberty Bell, and oral narratives by Caribbean Hindu women.
ISBN:9783111381824
311138182X
3111381919
3111379809
9783111381916
9783111379807
ISSN:2701-1127
DOI:10.1515/9783111381824