In the Wake On Blackness and Being |
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| Author:
| Sharpe, Christina |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8223-6283-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2016 |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $99.95 |
Book Description:
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Using the multiple meanings of "wake" to illustrate the ways Black lives are determined by slavery's afterlives, Christina Sharpe weaves personal experiences with readings of literary and artistic representations of Black life and death to examine what survives in the face of insistent violence and the possibilities for resistance.
Using the multiple meanings of "wake" to illustrate the ways Black lives are determined by slavery's afterlives, Christina Sharpe weaves personal experiences with readings of literary and artistic representations of Black life and death to examine what survives in the face of insistent violence and the possibilities for resistance.