Extravagant Abjection : Blackness, Power, and Sexuality in the African American Literary Imagination /

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Challenging the conception of empowerment associated with the Black Power Movement and its political and intellectual legacies in the present, Darieck Scott contends that power can be found not only in martial resistance, but also where the black body has been inflicted with harm or humiliation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scott, Darieck (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Rape in literature.
Race relations in literature.
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
Pornography in literature.
Homosexuality in literature.
American fiction > African American authors.
African American men in literature.
Abjection in literature.
Abjection dans la litterature.
Pornographie dans la litterature.
Homosexualite dans la litterature.
Viol dans la litterature.
Relations raciales dans la litterature.
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) dans la litterature.
Hommes noirs americains dans la litterature.
Roman americain > Auteurs noirs americains > Histoire et critique.
American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Challenging the conception of empowerment associated with the Black Power Movement and its political and intellectual legacies in the present, Darieck Scott contends that power can be found not only in martial resistance, but also where the black body has been inflicted with harm or humiliation.
Physical Description:1 online resource (320 pages).
ISBN:9780814786543

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