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Wylie, Jonathan & Margolin, DavidMareMagnum

The Ring of Dancers: Images of Faroese Culture

1981"Scattered in the North Atlantic 300 miles off Iceland and 400 miles off Norway lies an archipelago-- the Faroe Islands. At present, (of 1981) an internally self-governing dependency of Denmark, the Faroes have kept their culture alive in part by elaborating certain elements of that culture as badges of self-consciousness. 'The Ring of Dancers' is composed of af a series of studies of aspects of Faroese life, language, and folkways. The Faroes are introduced as the Faroese themselves conceive them-- as islands both joined and separated by the waterways round about them. The archipelago is visualized in terms of such waterways as fjords, the points of the compass, 'home' villages, and natural and political districts. The authors also discuss Faroese society as the Faroese conceived it around 1890, by an analysis of a then popular folktale about the Ashlad. Placed in its social context, the tale appears as a kind of folk editorial on changing values and changing times. Perhaps the most important symbol of Faroese identity is the Faroese language. Although it was not made a written language until the 1840s, and was not widely written or read until the 1890s, Faroese has replaced Danish as the islands' official language. In gaining its formal register, it has come to express a modern sense of what it means to be Faroese. The most spectacular Faroese custom, the grindadrap-- the slaughter of schools of pilot whales and the celebration that follows the catch-- typifies the continuity of the Faroes' anciently rooted identity. The image of the dansiringur-- the authors contend, represents the Faroese adaptation of large forms to a land of closely known neighbors and landscapes, the complex inward turnings of Faroese culture, its tortuous sense of wholeness. The book ends by recounting interwiews in Torshavn, the Faroes' capital, with an artist, a journalist, a politician, and others." 182p. bibliography. index Slight damp stain on page edges Book

Kalamos Books · Canada€23.18

Vesey, Denmark, Defendant; Kennedy, Lionel HenryBiblio.com

The Trial Record of Denmark Vesey

1970ref. 831261970. Boston: Beacon Press 1970. Boston: Beacon Press 1970. Vesey Denmark 1767-1822 Defendant. Kennedy Lionel Henry 1787-1847 Editor. Parker Thomas 1793-1844 Editor. Killens John Oliver 1916-1987 Introduction. The Trial Record of Denmark Vesey. Boston: Beacon Press 1970. xxi 175 pp. Orange quarter cloth over boards. Light shelfwear with slight rubbing to spine and corners. Internally clean. A very good copy. $150. A reprint of the official 1822 report on the trials related to the Denmark Vesey slave revolt conspiracy. The original report titled An Official Report of the Trials of Sundry Negroes Charged with an Attempt to Raise an Insurrection in the State of South-Carolina. was edited by Lionel Henry Kennedy and Thomas Parker who served as presiding magistrates at the trials. This edition includes an introduction by author and activist John Oliver Killens. The volume documents the events surrounding the thwarted 1822 slave revolt in Charleston South Carolina planned by a free Black carpenter named Denmark Vesey. Inspired by the successful Haitian Revolution Vesey allegedly organized thousands of enslaved and free Black people to seize Charleston kill slaveholders and escape to Haiti. The central part of the book contains the official proceedings and witness testimony from the trials that followed the betrayal of the plot. This court-sanctioned account is the primary source of information on the alleged plot and the people involved. Historical Impact: The original 1822 report was a product of the white planter class's attempt to control the narrative and suppress potential dissent. The re-publication of this document in 1970 with Killens' introduction reframes the material for a modern audience and places it within the larger history of Black resistance. The conspiracy and subsequent trials significantly heightened racial fears in the antebellum South and led to stricter laws controlling enslaved and free Black people. The addition of John Oliver Killens' introduction provides contemporary commentary on the historical document interpreting it from a Black liberation perspective and highlighting Vesey as a significant figure in the history of Black nationalism and emancipation. unknown