Slave Revolt On Screen

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Recipient of the 2021 Honorary Mention for the Haiti Book Prize from the Haitian Studies Association In Slave Revolt on Screen: The Haitian Revolution in Film and Video Games author Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall analyzes how films and video games from around the world have depicted slave revolt, focusing on the Haitian Revolution (1791–1804). This event, the first successful revolution by enslaved people in modern history, sent shock waves throughout the Atlantic World. Regardless of its historical significance however, this revolution has become less well-known—and appears less often on screen—than most other revolutions; its story, involving enslaved Africans liberating themselves through violence, does not match the suffering-slaves-waiting-for-a-white-hero genre that pervades Hollywood treatments of Black history. Despite Hollywood’s near-silence on this event, some films on the Revolution do exist—from directors in Haiti, the US, France, and elsewhere. Slave Revolt on Screen offers the first-ever comprehensive analysis of Haitian Revolution cinema, including completed films and planned projects that were never made. In addition to studying cinema, this book also breaks ground in examining video games, a pop-culture form long neglected by historians. Sepinwall scrutinizes video game depictions of Haitian slave revolt that appear in games like the Assassin’s Creed series that have reached millions more players than comparable films. In analyzing films and games on the revolution, Slave Revolt on Screen calls attention to the ways that economic legacies of slavery and colonialism warp pop-culture portrayals of the past and leave audiences with distorted understandings.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release : 2021-05-28
File : 337 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781496833129


Capital Account Liberation

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Along with the development of economic globalization, many countries have begun to relax their controls on their capital accounts. However, the recent financial crises in Latin American countries as well as the exchange rate crises in Southeast Asian countries have shown that there is major risk associated with capital account liberalization.This b

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : Ying Yirong
Publisher : CRC Press
Release : 2015-05-13
File : 445 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781498712279


A Legacy Of Liberation

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A gripping social history of South Africa's past and future and beautifully narrated by one of Africa's most esteemed journalists, From Struggle to Liberation sheds light on the future of the nation under a new regime. With unprecedented access to Thabo Mbeki and the top brass in the African National Congress, Mark Gevisser weaves a nuanced portrait of the black experience under apartheid. Revelations about the current president and the politics that continue to shape South Africa include: - Thabo Mbeki's difficult relationship with his own political activist and largely absent father Govan Mbeki, who was imprisoned on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela. - How the death of his son Kwanda in the diamond mines and the murder of his brother Jama directly affected his leadership and will continue to shape the governance of Africa for years to come. - The reasons behind Mbeki's puzzling refusal to admit that the HIV virus causes AIDS, which in South Africa claims 800 lives per day, and his support of corrupt governments such as Zimbabwe's. - Inside rivalry between Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma, the populist leader destined to take over as president in 2009. This accessible account of a monumental period in world history is the definitive look at contemporary South Africa.

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Genre : History
Author : Mark Gevisser
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Release : 2009-03-31
File : 399 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780230620209


Liberation Imagination And The Black Panther Party

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This fascinating book gathers reflections by scholars and activists who consider the impact of the Black Panther Party, the BBP, the most significant revolutionary organization in the later 20th century.

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Genre : Political Science
Author : Kathleen Cleaver
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2014-04-08
File : 334 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781135298326


Eco Terrorism Specifically Examining The Earth Liberation Front And The Animal Liberation Front

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The Code of Federal Regulations is a codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the United States Federal Government.

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Genre : Law
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Publisher : Office of the Federal Register
Release : 2007
File : 860 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0160793181


The Rhodesian Air Force In Zimbabwe S War Of Liberation 1966 1980

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This book evaluates the development of the Rhodesian Air Force during the Second Chimurenga or Bush War (1966-1980). Airpower in irregular conflict is effective at the tactical level because guerrilla warfare is not a purely military conflict. The Rhodesian Air Force was deployed in a war-winning versus a supporting role as a result of the shortage of manpower to deal with insurgency, and almost all units of the Rhodesian Security Forces depended on its tactical effectiveness. Technical challenges faced by the Air Force, combined with the rate of guerrilla infiltration and the misuse of airpower to bomb guerrilla bases in neighboring countries largely negated the success of airpower.

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Genre : History
Author : Darlington Mutanda
Publisher : McFarland
Release : 2016-11-10
File : 239 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781476625775


The Political Theory Of Liberation Theology

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Discusses the religious and political context of liberation theology, the state of the Latin American economy, Marxist-Christian tensions, and the ethics of reform

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Genre : Religion
Author : John R. Pottenger
Publisher : SUNY Press
Release : 1989-09-14
File : 284 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0791401197


Some Aspects Of The Chemistry And Toxic Action Of Organic Compounds Containing Phosphorus And Fluorine

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Author : Bernard Charles Saunders
Publisher : CUP Archive
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File : 260 Pages
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Arendt On Freedom Liberation And Revolution

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This edited volume focuses on what Hannah Arendt famously called “the raison d’être of politics”: freedom. The unique collection of essays clarifies her flagship idea of political freedom in relation to other key Arendtian themes such as liberation, revolution, civil disobedience, and the right to have rights. In addressing these, contributors to this volume juxtapose Arendt with a number of thinkers from Isaiah Berlin, John Rawls and Philip Pettit to Karl Marx, Frantz Fanon and Geoffroy de Lagasnerie. They also consider the continuing relevance of Arendt’s work to some of the most dramatic events in recent years, including the current global refugee crisis, the Arab uprisings of the 2010s, and the ongoing crisis of liberal democracy in the West and beyond. Contributors include Keith Breen, Joan Cocks, Tal Correm, Christian J. Emden, Patrick Hayden, Kei Hiruta, Anthony F. Lang Jr., Shmuel Lederman, Miriam Leonard, Natasha Saunders, William Smith, and Shiyu Zhang.

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Genre : Philosophy
Author : Kei Hiruta
Publisher : Springer
Release : 2019-03-06
File : 307 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783030116958


The Eucharist And Human Liberation

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The Eucharist is at the heart of individual Christian devotion and at the center of every Christian community. Tissa Balasuriya challenges us to see the relation between the spiritual Bread of Life and the staff of life, food for the physically hungry, who make up one-third of the world. This is disturbing but dynamic reading for all who gather at the Table of the Lord's Supper.

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Genre : Religion
Author : Tissa Balasuriya
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release : 2004-08-09
File : 187 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781592447817