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Introduction: The Practice of Mnemonic Aesthetics
Cheryl Finley
Description: Committed to Memory: The Art of the Slave Ship Icon
Committed to Memory: The Art of the Slave Ship Icon
The multimedia installation La Bouche du Roi, or the Mouth of the King, was created by Romuald Hazoumé of the Republic of Benin between 1997 and 2005 (see fig. I.3)....
Author
Cheryl Finley
PublisherPrinceton University Press
CopyrightCopyright © 2018 by Princeton University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.1-17
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00260.001
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-21698
Chapter subject tags:Slave shipsHazoumè, Romuald, 1962-African diasporaTransatlantic slave trade in artVisual metaphorMiddle passageMnemonics

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