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    1. Defining Jamaican fiction: marronage and the discourse of survival

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Lalla,Barbara (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    1996
    Published:
    Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    224 p., Marronage - the process of flight by slaves from servitude to establish their own hegemonies in inhospitable or wild territories - had its beginnings in the early 1500s in Hispaniola, the first European settlement in the New World. As fictional personae the maroons continue to weave in and out of oral and literary tales as central and ancient characters of Jamaica's heritage. Identifies the place of Jamaican fiction in the larger regional literature and focuses on its essential themes and strategies of discourse for conveying these themes.

    2. Terras de quilombo

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Santos,Murillo (Director)
    Format:
    Video/DVD
    Language:
    Potuguese
    Publication Date:
    2003?
    Published:
    Brazil: Associação Brasileira de Antropologia
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    1 videocassette (45 min.), Documentary on the rural communities in Alcântara, Brazil (in the state of Maranhão), descendants of the quilombos founded by Blacks who had escaped from slavery. The documentary explores the communities' historical narratives, rituals, festivals, use of land and natural resources, and describes the displacement of families for the construction and expansion of the Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara (a launching base for rockets and satellites).