Saidiya Hartman

Scenes of Subjection (eBook, ePUB)

Terror, Slavery and Self-Making in Nineteenth Century America

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'One of our most brilliant contemporary thinkers' Claudia Rankine

'An unrelenting exploration of slavery and freedom' New Yorker

In this radical re-evaluation of American history, Saidiya Hartman draws together a striking portrait of nineteenth-century slavery and its many afterlives. Through close examination of a variety of 'scenes', ranging from the auction block and the minstrel show to plantation diaries and legal cases, Scenes of Subjection investigates the interconnected nature of historical enslavement and present-day racism.

With bold and persuasively argued possibilities for Black resistance and transformation, this book shows how far we have yet to go to dismantle the pervasive legacy of slavery.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Profile
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781800819931
• Artikelnr.: 69941355

Autorenporträt

Saidiya Hartman is a Columbia University professor of English and Comparative Literature. She is also the author of Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route and Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval. In 2019 Hartman was awarded a prestigious MacArthur 'Genius' grant.