Fugitive Science : Empiricism and Freedom in Early African American Culture /

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"This book offers a new history of race and science in the nineteenth century through the lens of early African American literature, visual culture, and performance. Across five chapters, the book traces the experiments of black writers, artists, performers, and largely self-taught scientists w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rusert, Britt (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Science > Social aspects.
Science.
Racism.
Race relations.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Intellectual life.
Empiricism.
African Americans > Intellectual life.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African American intellectuals.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Sociologie de la connaissance > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Empirisme > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Sciences > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Sciences > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Racisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Intellectuels noirs americains > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Noirs americains > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siecle.
Knowledge, Sociology of > History > 19th century.
Empiricism > History > 19th century.
Science > United States > History > 19th century.
Science > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Racism > United States > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 19th century.
African American intellectuals > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Intellectual life > 19th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siecle.
États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siecle.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
United States > Intellectual life > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The Banneker age : Black afterlives of early national science
  • Comparative anatomies : re-visions of racial science
  • Experiments in freedom : fugitive science in transatlantic performance
  • Delany's comet : Blake, or, The huts of America and the science fictions of slavery
  • Sarah's cabinet : fugitive science in and beyond the parlor
  • Conclusion.

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