The Power of Neo-Slave Fiction and Public History

The central thesis of this book is the belief historical fiction in text and film shape attitudes towards an understanding of history as it moves the focus from slavery to the enslaved-from the institution to the personal, families and feminist accounts.

Grant Rodwell is a senior lecturer in the School of Education at The University of Newcastle, Australia.

Contents Abstract Dedication Acronyms and abbreviations Acknolwedgements Preface Introduction Chapter 1: From slavery to the enslaved: new paradigms, neo-slave fiction, a shared history and higher-order historical thinking Chapter 2 Slavery and the enslaved: breaking boundaries with neo-slave narratives Chapter 3 Antebellum neo-slave narratives, history and historiography: higher-order thinking and a public history Chapter 4 The enslaved, slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction Chapter 5 Jim Crow and slavery's immediate aftermath General conclusions Bibliography