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Living cargo how Black Britain performs its past

Title
Living cargo [electronic resource] : how Black Britain performs its past / Steven Blevins.
Author
Blevins, Steven, 1968-
Publication
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2016]

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Description
1 online resource (349 pages) : illustrations.
Uniform Title
Living cargo (Online)
Alternative Title
Living cargo (Online)
Subject
  • Arts, Black > Great Britain > 21st century > Themes, motives
  • Arts and history > Great Britain > History > 21st century
  • Black people > Great Britain > Intellectual life > 21st century
  • English literature > Black authors > History and criticism
Note
  • Outgrowth of the author's thesis (doctoral--University of California, Davis, 2008) under title: History unhoused.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction: history unhoused: performing the life of human bio-cargo -- History and human cargo -- Beautiful remnants, brutal remains: dwelling on the melancholy archive -- Living rough: the disposition and dispensation of aleatory life -- Assembling human bio-cargo. Compound fractures: archival constellations, narrative violations -- Blood pressures: queer inheritance and intimate affiliations -- Exorbitant life in an age of austerity. Bespoke history: redressing the past, tailoring the present, fashioning the future -- @Bristol: dissident publics in a neoliberal city.
ISBN
  • 9780816697144 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 9780816697168 (pb : alk. paper)
LCCN
2015039887
OCLC
ssj0001725608
Author
Blevins, Steven, 1968-
Title
Living cargo [electronic resource] : how Black Britain performs its past / Steven Blevins.
Imprint
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2016]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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