{"product_id":"maroons-and-the-marooned-runaways-and-castaways-in-the-americas-paperback-softback-9781496827197","title":"Maroons and the Marooned; Runaways and Castaways in the Americas (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496827197","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMaroons and the Marooned\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRunaways and Castaways in the Americas\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoseph Kelly (Edited by), Richard H. Bodek (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496827197\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 April 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm, 0.335 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContributions by Richard Bodek, Claire P. Curtis, Joseph Kelly, Simon Lewis, Steve Mentz, J. Brent Morris, Peter Sands, Edward Shore, and James O'Neil Spady\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Commonly, the word \u003ci\u003emaroon\u003c\/i\u003e 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).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e; Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy; \u003ci\u003eA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court\u003c\/i\u003e; and Octavia Butler's \u003ci\u003eKindred.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52600364302616,"sku":"9781496827197","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/maroons-and-the-marooned-runaways-and-castaways-in-the-americas-paperback-softback-9781496827197","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}