I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
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| Partner: | buecher.de |
| Hersteller: | University of Virginia Press (Conde, Maryse) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
This wild and entertaining novel expands on the true story of theWest Indian slave Tituba, who was accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, arrested in 1692, and forgotten in jail until the general amnesty for witches twoyears later. Maryse Cond brings Tituba out of historical silence and creates forher a fictional childhood, adolescence, and old age. She turns her into what shecalls "a sort of female hero, an epic heroine, like the legendary ´Nanny ofthe maroons, "´ who, schooled in the sorcery and magical ritual of obeah, isarrested for healing members of the family that ownsher. CARAF Books: Caribbean and African LiteratureTranslated from French This book has beensupported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independentfederal agencY.
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