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Maroons and the Marooned : Runaways and Castaways in the Americas.
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| 著者・編者 | Bodek, Richard / Kelly, Joseph (eds.), |
|---|---|
| シリーズ | Caribbean Studies Series |
| 出版社 | (U. Pr. Mississippi, US) |
| 出版年月 | 2020 |
| ページ数 | 224 pp. |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | ＜659-L3752 659-P5906＞ |
解説
Commonly, the word maroon refers to someone cast away on an island. One becomes marooned, usually, through a storm at sea or by a captain as a method of punishment. But the term originally denoted escaped slaves. Though being marooned came to be associated mostly with white European castaways, the etymology invites comparison between true maroons (escaped slaves establishing new lives in the wilderness) and people who were marooned (through maritime disaster).
This volume brings together literary scholars with historians, encompassing both literal maroons such as in Brazil and South Carolina as well as metaphoric scenarios in time-travel novels and postapocalyptic narratives. Included are examples from The Tempest; Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court; and Octavia Butler's Kindred.
Both runaways and castaways formed new societies in the wilderness. But true maroons, escaped slaves, were not cast away; they chose to fly towards the uncertainties of the wild in pursuit of freedom. In effect, this volume gives these maroons proper credit, at the very heart of American history.