Print version: Green, Tara T. Reimagining the Middle Passage : Black resistance in literature, television, and song. Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, c2018 150 pages Black performance and cultural criticism. ISBN 9780814213650
Includes bibliographical references and index
Understanding the Middle Passage -- Alex Haley’s roots of resistance -- Middle Passage legacies in Charles Johnson and HBO’s Treme -- Calling Marie Laveau -- Legacies of the Middle Passage -- Deadly waters and southern blues -- Katrina sings the blues in Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the bones -- Telling of return and rebirth in Marshall’s Praisesong for the widow -- Conclusion: Acts of redemption through forgiveness: remembering Charleston in the post-Middle Passage era.