Fugitive Borders explores a new archive of 19th-century autobiographical writing by black authors in North America. For that purpose, Nele Sawallisch examines four different texts written by formerly enslaved men in the 1850s that emerged in or around the historical region of Canada West (now known as Ontario) and that defy the genre conventions of the classic slave narrative. Instead, these texts demonstrate originality in expressing complex, often ambivalent attitudes towards the so-called Canadian Promised Land and contribute to a form of textual community-building across national borders. In the context of emerging national discourses before Canada's Confederation in 1867, they offer alternatives to the hegemonic narrative of the white settler nation.
| ISBN: | 9783837645026 |
| Publication date: | 8th December 2021 |
| Author: | Nele Sawallisch |
| Publisher: | Transcript an imprint of transcript |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 218 pages |
| Series: | American Culture Studies |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: general Refugees and political asylum Migration, immigration and emigration Social and cultural history Colonialism and imperialism |
Fugitive Borders explores a new archive of 19th-century autobiographical writing by black authors in North America. For that purpose, Nele Sawallisch examines four different texts written by formerly enslaved men in the 1850s that emerged in or around the historical region of Canada West (now known as Ontario) and that defy the genre conventions of the classic slave narrative.
Fugitive Borders features in the following genres: Literary studies: general, Refugees and political asylum, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism
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Fugitive Borders was written by Nele Sawallisch and published by Transcript an imprint of transcript
Fugitive Borders has 218 pages
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