Babouk
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Babouk is a 1934 historical novel by Guy Endore that offers a radical, fictionalized account of the Haitian Revolution from the perspective of enslaved Africans.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Guy Endore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
brutality of slavery
ⓘ
collective resistance ⓘ slave uprisings in Saint-Domingue ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ |
| hasAfterwordBy | David Barry Gaspar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | rediscovered by leftist and postcolonial scholars ⓘ |
| hasFictionalizedAccountOf | Haitian Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIntroductionBy | Michael R. Winston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLaterEdition | 1986 Monthly Review Press reissue ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Babouk (fictional enslaved African) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
enslaved people’s viewpoint
ⓘ
from below ⓘ |
| hasRadicalInterpretationOf | Haitian Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReprint | Monthly Review Press edition ⓘ |
| historicalEventDepicted | Haitian Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Marxist historiography
ⓘ
anti-imperialist politics ⓘ |
| literaryForm | novel ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | radical literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
anti-colonial struggle
ⓘ
racial oppression ⓘ revolution ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | experiences of enslaved Africans ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | enslaved Africans ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation |
anti-slavery
ⓘ
radical ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1934 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar & Rinehart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Haiti
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saint-Domingue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
French colonialism in the Caribbean
ⓘ
plantation system ⓘ slave resistance ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
early 19th century
ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | Guy Endore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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