Babouk, the Glossary
Babouk is a political-themed novel by Guy Endore, a fictionalized account of the Haitian Revolution told through the eyes of its titular slave.[1]
Table of Contents
27 relations: Amazon (company), Bernard Herrmann, Capitalism, Columbia Workshop, Dutty Boukman, Ethnic conflict, French Armed Forces, Guy Endore, Haiti, Haitian Revolution, History of slavery, Irving Reis, Jamaica Kincaid, Karl Marx, Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Monthly Review, NAACP, Narration, Paul Robeson, Political fiction, Simon & Schuster, The Crisis, The Nation, The New Republic, The Werewolf of Paris, Vanguard Press, WCBS (AM).
- 1934 American novels
- Novels set in Haiti
- Novels set in the Haitian Revolution
- Vanguard Press books
Amazon (company)
Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is an American multinational technology company, engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
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Bernard Herrmann
Bernard Herrmann (born Maximillian Herman; June 29, 1911December 24, 1975) was an American composer and conductor best known for his work in composing for films.
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Capitalism
Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.
Columbia Workshop
Columbia Workshop was a radio series that aired on the Columbia Broadcasting System from 1936 to 1943, returning in 1946–47.
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Dutty Boukman
Dutty Boukman (or Boukman Dutty; died 7 November 1791) was an early leader of the Haitian Revolution.
Ethnic conflict
An ethnic conflict is a conflict between two or more ethnic groups.
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French Armed Forces
The French Armed Forces (Forces armées françaises) are the military forces of France.
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Guy Endore
Samuel Guy Endore (July 4, 1901 – February 12, 1970), born Samuel Goldstein and also known as Harry Relis, was an American novelist and screenwriter.
Haiti
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas.
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Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution (révolution haïtienne or La guerre de l'indépendance; Lagè d Lendependans) was a successful insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign state of Haiti.
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History of slavery
The history of slavery spans many cultures, nationalities, and religions from ancient times to the present day.
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Irving Reis
Irving Reis (May 7, 1906 in New York City – July 3, 1953 in Woodland Hills, California) was a radio program producer and director, and a film director.
Jamaica Kincaid
Jamaica Kincaid (born May 25, 1949) is an Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, gardener, and gardening writer.
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Karl Marx
Karl Marx (5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German-born philosopher, political theorist, economist, historian, sociologist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist.
Michel-Rolph Trouillot
Michel-Rolph Trouillot (November 26, 1949 – July 5, 2012) was a Haitian American academic and anthropologist.
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Monthly Review
The Monthly Review is an independent socialist magazine published monthly in New York City.
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an American civil rights organization formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, Ida B. Wells, Lillian Wald, and Henry Moskowitz.
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Narration
Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience.
Paul Robeson
Paul Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American bass-baritone concert artist, actor, professional football player, and activist who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his political stances.
Political fiction
Political fiction employs narrative to comment on political events, systems and theories. Babouk and political fiction are political novels.
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Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster LLC is an American publishing company owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
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The Crisis
The Crisis is the official magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
The Nation
The Nation is a progressive American monthly magazine that covers political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis.
The New Republic
The New Republic is an American publisher focused on domestic politics, news, culture, and the arts, with ten magazines a year and a daily online platform.
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The Werewolf of Paris
The Werewolf of Paris (1933) is a horror novel as well as a work of historical fiction by American writer Guy Endore.
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Vanguard Press
The Vanguard Press was a United States publishing house established with a $100,000 grant from the left-wing American Fund for Public Service, better known as the Garland Fund. Babouk and Vanguard Press are Vanguard Press books.
WCBS (AM)
WCBS (880 AM, "WCBS Newsradio 880") is a commercial radio station licensed to New York, New York, owned and operated by Audacy, Inc. The station's studios are in the combined Audacy facility in the Hudson Square neighborhood of Lower Manhattan and its transmitter site is located on High Island in the Bronx.
See also
1934 American novels
- A Cool Million
- A Day on Skates
- After Worlds Collide
- Appointment in Samarra
- Babouk
- By the Light of the Study Lamp
- Call It Sleep
- Come in at the Door
- Death in Silver
- Despair (novel)
- Dobry
- Fer-de-Lance (novel)
- Jonah's Gourd Vine
- Lust for Life (novel)
- Men Against the Sea
- Now in November
- Pirates of Venus
- Pitcairn's Island (novel)
- Sandbar Sinister
- Skylark of Valeron
- Smirt
- Speedy in Oz
- Sundown (novel)
- Tarzan and the Lion Man
- Tender Is the Night
- The Blind Barber
- The Casino Murder Case
- The Chinese Orange Mystery
- The Clue of the Broken Locket
- The Dragon Murder Case
- The Eight of Swords
- The Legion of Space
- The Mark on the Door
- The Mother (Buck novel)
- The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern
- The Plague Court Murders
- The Postman Always Rings Twice (novel)
- The President Vanishes
- The Thin Man
- The White Priory Murders
- The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan
- Triplanetary (novel)
- Tropic of Cancer (novel)
- Tros of Samothrace
Novels set in Haiti
- An Untamed State
- Babouk
- Breath, Eyes, Memory
- Brother, I'm Dying
- Bug-Jargal
- Claire of the Sea Light
- Deadeye Dick
- Island Beneath the Sea
- Lydia Bailey (novel)
- Mountains Beyond Mountains
- Taste of Salt
- The Comedians (novel)
- The Dew Breaker
- The Kingdom of This World
- The Silkie (novel)
- Tonight, by Sea
- Treasure Island
- Vampire Earth
Novels set in the Haitian Revolution
Vanguard Press books
- 100,000,000 Guinea Pigs
- A Garden of Earthly Delights
- America's 60 Families
- And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
- Auntie Mame
- Babouk
- Bernard Clare
- By the North Gate
- Cards of Identity
- Crossing the Border (short story collection)
- Dangling Man
- Female (novel)
- Ilsa (novel)
- Judgment Day (novel)
- Kafka's Prayer
- Marriages and Infidelities
- Meet the Austins
- Night-Side
- Now and After
- One (David Karp novel)
- Planet of the Apes (novel)
- Science Fiction Thinking Machines
- Somebody in Boots
- Son of the Morning (novel)
- The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
- The Goddess and Other Women
- The Marvelous Palace And Other Stories
- The Mechanical Bride
- The Poisoned Kiss and Other Stories from the Portuguese
- The Small Rain
- The Victim (novel)
- The Wheel of Love and Other Stories
- The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan
- Them (novel)
- Trump Tower (novel)
- Upon the Sweeping Flood and Other Stories
- Vanguard Press
- Where Is Here?
- Wonderland (novel)
- Young Lonigan