Extravagant Abjection Blackness, Power, and Sexuality in the African American Literary Imagination |
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| Author:
| Scott, Darieck |
| Series title: | Sexual Cultures Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8147-4094-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Publisher: | New York University Press
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| Imprint: | NYU Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $89.00 |
Book Description:
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Challenging the conception of empowerment associated with the Black Power Movement and its political and intellectual legacies, this title contends that power can be found not only in martial resistance, but, surprisingly, where the black body has been inflicted with harm or humiliation.
Challenging the conception of empowerment associated with the Black Power Movement and its political and intellectual legacies, this title contends that power can be found not only in martial resistance, but, surprisingly, where the black body has been inflicted with harm or humiliation.