In the wake : on Blackness and being
Sharpe, Christina Elizabeth2016
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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.
Main title:
In the wake : on Blackness and being / Christina Sharpe.
Author:
Sharpe, Christina Elizabeth, author
Imprint:
Durham : Duke University Press, 2016.
Collation:
xi, 175 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780822362944 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
305.896073
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
80024
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