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Description

1. xi, 254 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Series statement

1. Perverse modernities

Uniform title

1. Perverse modernities.

Subject

1. Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
2. Washington-Williams, Essie Mae, 1925-2013
3. Jones, Gayl
4. Head, Bessie, 1937-1986
5. Baartman, Sarah
6. Julien, Isaac
7. Walker, Kara Elizabeth
8. Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 > Criticism and interpretation
9. Jones, Gayl > Criticism and interpretation
10. Head, Bessie, 1937-1986 > Criticism and interpretation
11. Julien, Isaac > Criticism and interpretation
12. Walker, Kara Elizabeth > Criticism and interpretation
13. Douglass, Frederick
14. Jones, Gayl, 1949-
15. Baartman, Saartjie, 1789-1816
16. Julien, Isaac, 1960-
17. Walker, Kara, 1969-
18. African Americans in popular culture
19. Enslaved women > United States > Social conditions
20. Noirs américains dans la culture populaire
21. Femmes esclaves > États-Unis > Conditions sociales
22. 18.06 Anglo-American literature
23. Race relations
24. Enslaved women > Social conditions
25. Gewalt
26. Massenkultur
27. Sexualität
28. Sklaverei
29. Schwarze Frau
30. Schwarze
31. Ethnische Beziehung
32. Rassendiskriminierung
33. Sklaverei
34. Pop-Kultur
35. Motiv
36. African diaspora in literature
37. African diaspora in art
38. Black people in literature
39. Black people in art
40. Slavery in literature
41. Women slaves > United States > Social conditions
42. United States > Race relations > History
43. États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire
44. United States
45. USA
46. USA

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. Introduction: Making monstrous intimacies: surviving slavery, bearing freedom -- Gayl Jones's Corregidora and reading the "Days that were pages of hysteria" -- Bessie Head, Saartje Baartman, and Maru : redemption, subjectification, and the problem of liberation -- Isaac Julien's The attendant and the sadomasochism of everyday black life -- Kara Walker's Monstrous intimacies.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-242) and index.

Author

1. Sharpe, Christina Elizabeth.

Title

1. Monstrous intimacies : making post-slavery subjects / Christina Sharpe.

Imprint

1. Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2010.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Perverse modernities
2. Perverse modernities.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-242) and index.

Connect to:

1. e-book

Other form:

1. Online version: Sharpe, Christina Elizabeth. Monstrous intimacies. Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2010 (OCoLC)1084028306

LCCN

1. 2010011135

ISBN

1. 9780822345916 (cloth ; alk. paper)
2. 0822345919 (cloth ; alk. paper)
3. 9780822346098 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
4. 0822346095 (pbk. ; alk. paper)