Changó, the biggest badass / Manuel Zapata Olivella ; translated by Jonathan Tittler ; introduction by William Luis.

Author
Zapata Olivella, Manuel [Browse]
Uniform title
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, c2010.
Description
xxxv, 463 p. ; 24 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Related name
Series
The Americas series
Summary note
"Translated into English and spanning three continents, this epic novel of the African Diaspora in the Americas recounts over five centuries of displacement and servitude. Employing multiple narrative voices and encompassing all Western hemisphere inhabitants--past and present, historical and mythical--this novel expands our conception of 'American'"--Provided by publisher.
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
  • To the Fellow Traveler
  • Pt. 1 Origins
  • Land of Ancestors (starting p. 3)
  • The Slave Trade (starting p. 33)
  • The Elongated Footprint Between Two Worlds (starting p. 52)
  • Pt. 2 The American Muntu
  • Born Between Two Seas (starting p. 83)
  • Children of God and the She-Devil (starting p. 100)
  • Elegba's Cross, Torture at Large! (starting p. 124)
  • Pt. 3 The Vodou Rebellion
  • The Horses and Their Riders Speak (starting p. 151)
  • Bouckman's Drum (starting p. 172)
  • Freedom or Death (starting p. 181)
  • Pt. 4 Rediscovered Bloodlines
  • Simon Bolivar: Memory of Forgetfulness (starting p. 205)
  • Jose Prudencio Padilla: Alien Wars that Seem Like Our Own (starting p. 212)
  • The Aleijadinho: Where Your Fingerless Hands Leave the Imprint of Your Spirit (starting p. 251)
  • Jose Maria Morelos: The Call of the Olmec Ancestors (starting p. 274)
  • Pt. 5 Ancestral Combatants
  • The Ancestor Cult (starting p. 301)
  • The Thunderbolt Makers (starting p. 330)
  • The Civil War Gave Us Freedom, but Freedom Returned Us to Slavery (starting p. 393)
  • Hey, the Orichas are Furious! (starting p. 420)
  • Book of Navigation: Mythology and History (starting p. 447)
ISBN
9780896726734 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2009040228
OCLC
452288911
RCP
H - S
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