Labyrinths by Virginia Westbury

Labyrinths by Virginia Westbury

Hamel, the Obeah Man is set against the backdrop of early nineteenth-century Jamaica, and tells the story of a slave rebellion planned in the ruins of a plantation. Though the novel is sympathetic to white slaveholders and hostile to anti-slavery missionaries, it presents a complex picture of the culture and resistance of the island's black majority. Hamel, the spiritual leader of the rebels, becomes more and more central to the story, and is a surprisingly powerful and ultimately ambiguous figure.

This Broadview Edition includes a new foreword by Kamau Brathwaite, as well as a critical introduction and appendices. The extensive appendices include contemporary reviews of the novel, other authors' and travellers' descriptions of Jamaica, and historical documents related to slave insurrections and the debate over slavery.

Virginia Westbury is an Australian-born internationally published journalist, television producer, and lecturer who specializes in writing about new social, political, and spiritual movements. Her work has appeared in leading magazines and newspapers around the world and she has taught courses in media and cultural studies at universities in Australia. For several years she has been teaching and facilitating workshops on the labryinth in the U.S.A., New Zealand, and Australia.

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ISBN 13	9780306813108
ISBN 10	0306813106
Title	Labyrinths
Author	Virginia Westbury
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Hachette Books
Year published	2003-10-01
Number of pages	112
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