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Univ of West Indies Pr, 2011. Paperback. New. illustrated edition. 215 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches.
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Anansi's Journey: A Story of Jamaican Cultural Resistance Paperback - 2012
by Emily Zobel Marshall
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- Title Anansi's Journey: A Story of Jamaican Cultural Resistance
- Author Emily Zobel Marshall
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 232
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of the West Indies Press
- Date 2012-01-30
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9789766402617 / 9766402612
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 1.78 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Caribbean
- Cultural Region: Latin America
- Library of Congress subjects Spiders, Jamaica - Civilization - African influences
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012424459
- Dewey Decimal Code 398.097
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Paperback / softback. New. This interdisciplinary study examines the cultural and historical significance of the Jamaican Anansi folktales. Anansi the spider is the trickster folk hero West African slaves transported to the Caribbean, who symbolises key aspects of Afro-Caribbean culture and is celebrated as a vital link with an African past. Anansi stories, in which the small spider turns the tables on his powerful enemies through cunning and trickery, are now told and published worldwide. Anansi survived a cultural metamorphosis and came to symbolise the resistance of the Jamaican people. This original book examines Anansi's roots in Ghana, details the changes Anansi underwent during the Middle Passage and his potential for inspiring tactics of resistance in a plantation context, and analyses Anansi's role in postcolonial Jamaica, illustrating how he is interpreted as a symbol of individualism and celebrated as an emblem of resistance. With its broad historical sweep, tracing Anansi from…
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