Infamous Bodies : Early Black Women's Celebrity and the Afterlives of Rights /

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The countless retellings and reimaginings of the private and public lives of Phillis Wheatley, Sally Hemings, Sarah Baartman, Mary Seacole, and Sarah Forbes Bonetta have transformed them into difficult cultural and black feminist icons. In Infamous Bodies Samantha Pinto explores how histories of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pinto, Samantha (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, [2020]
Temas:
African American feminists.
African American women in popular culture.
African American women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Fame > Social aspects.
Womanism.
Women, Black > Legal status, laws, etc.
Women, Black, in popular culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global).
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • INTRODUCTION. Infamous Bodies, Corrective Histories
  • 1. FANTASIES OF FREEDOM. Phillis Wheatley and the "Deathless Fame" of Black Feminist Thought
  • 2. THE ROMANCE OF CONSENT. Sally Hemings, Black Women's Sexuality, and the Fundamental Vulnerability of Rights
  • 3. VENUS AT WORK. The Contracted Body and Fictions of Sarah Baartman
  • 4. CIVIC DESIRE. Mary Seacole's Adventures in Black Citizenship
  • 5. #DEVELOPMENTGOALS. Sovereignty, Sarah Forbes Bonetta, and the Production of the Black Feminist Political Subject
  • CONCLUSION. Black Feminist Celebrity and the Political Life of Vulnerability
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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