Black Is Bountiful: From Heroic Action to Artistic Heroism in Afro-Atlantic History

The new book Characters of Blood: Black Heroism in the Transatlantic Imagination by Celeste-Marie Bernier charts is the first full mapping of a black heroic tradition and asks us to reconsider the memory of six individuals in particular: Toussaint L’Ouverture, Nathaniel Turner, Sengbe Pieh, Sojourne...

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Published in:African American review 2012-12, Vol.45 (4), p.514-518
Main Author: Newman, Richard S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abolition of slavery
Abolitionism
Activists
African American culture
African Americans
Artists
Assessing "Characters of Blood"
or, What Is Black Heroism in the Transatlantic Imagination?
Black power
Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Diaspora
Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895)
Dutch language
French language
Heroes
Heroism
Martin, Trayvon
Novels
Political activism
Political protests
Portuguese language
Professional basketball
Radicalism
Topic and comment
Traditions
Truth, Sojourner (1799-1883)
Turner, Nat (1800-1831)
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Summary:The new book Characters of Blood: Black Heroism in the Transatlantic Imagination by Celeste-Marie Bernier charts is the first full mapping of a black heroic tradition and asks us to reconsider the memory of six individuals in particular: Toussaint L’Ouverture, Nathaniel Turner, Sengbe Pieh, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Tubman. This roundtable features five responses to the book. Robert Levine, Patricia Hills, Alan Rice, Eddie Chambers and Richard Newman use it as a jumping-off point to debate heroism, diasporic memory, the black Atlantic, and the relationship between art and activism. Responding to these commentaries, Bernier expands upon some of her book’s themes.
ISSN:1062-4783
1945-6182
1945-6182
DOI:10.1353/afa.2012.0070