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Title
Barbara
Hambly
interview
Interviewee
Hambly, Barbara
Interviewer
Martinson
,
Connie
Book Title
Graveyard dust
Subject
New Orleans (La.) - Fiction
Free African Americans - Fiction
African American men - Fiction
January, Benjamin (Fictitious character) - Fiction
Coverage - Temporal
Nineteenth
century
Coverage - Spatial
United
States
;
New
Orleans
(La.)
Description
Barbara
Hambly
discusses
her
book
,
“Graveyard
Dust.”
She
begins
by
explaining
the
local
history
of
New
Orleans
,
which
serves
as the
backdrop
for her
novel
.
Hambly
details
the
racial
and
cultural
history
of the
antebellum
period
and the
world
in
which
her
main
character
,
Benjamin
January
lives
in. The
plot
begins
when
Benjamin’s
sister
,
Olympe
,
who
is
a
voodoo
practitioner
,
is
arrested
for
murder
.
Hambly
goes
on to
explain
her
writing
process
and how she
developed
the
character
of
Benjamin
January
as the
ideal
lead
in a
historical
murder
mystery
. She also
details
the
rigorous
research
she
conducted
not
only
concerning
the
history
of
New
Orleans
, but also
such
topics
as
Voodoo
and
medicine
. From there she
goes
on to
discuss
the
history
of
Voodoo
and its
practice
in
modern
society
.
Publisher
The Drucker Institute
Language
eng
Source
Betacam tape: Excerpt of show with Martinson interviewing Barbara Hambly before the commercial break and Lisa Zeidner after the break.
Collection
Connie
Martinson
Talks
Books
-
http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/cmt
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All rights are retained by The Drucker Institute. For permission to use this item, contact The Drucker Institute,
http://www.thedruckerinstitute.com
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Moving Image
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video/f4v
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00:14:25
Object File Name
cmt00204_0001
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