- Description
- xi, 254 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Series Statement
- Perverse modernities
- Uniform Title
- Perverse modernities.
- Subject
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
- Washington-Williams, Essie Mae, 1925-2013
- Jones, Gayl
- Head, Bessie, 1937-1986
- Baartman, Sarah
- Julien, Isaac
- Walker, Kara Elizabeth
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 > Criticism and interpretation
- Jones, Gayl > Criticism and interpretation
- Head, Bessie, 1937-1986 > Criticism and interpretation
- Julien, Isaac > Criticism and interpretation
- Walker, Kara Elizabeth > Criticism and interpretation
- Douglass, Frederick
- Jones, Gayl, 1949-
- Baartman, Saartjie, 1789-1816
- Julien, Isaac, 1960-
- Walker, Kara, 1969-
- African Americans in popular culture
- Enslaved women > United States > Social conditions
- Noirs américains dans la culture populaire
- Femmes esclaves > États-Unis > Conditions sociales
- 18.06 Anglo-American literature
- Race relations
- Enslaved women > Social conditions
- Gewalt
- Massenkultur
- Sexualität
- Sklaverei
- Schwarze Frau
- Schwarze
- Ethnische Beziehung
- Rassendiskriminierung
- Sklaverei
- Pop-Kultur
- Motiv
- African diaspora in literature
- African diaspora in art
- Black people in literature
- Black people in art
- Slavery in literature
- Women slaves > United States > Social conditions
- United States > Race relations > History
- États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire
- United States
- USA
- USA
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-242) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Making monstrous intimacies: surviving slavery, bearing freedom -- Gayl Jones's Corregidora and reading the "Days that were pages of hysteria" -- Bessie Head, Saartje Baartman, and Maru : redemption, subjectification, and the problem of liberation -- Isaac Julien's The attendant and the sadomasochism of everyday black life -- Kara Walker's Monstrous intimacies.
- ISBN
- 9780822345916
- 0822345919
- 9780822346098
- 0822346095
- LCCN
- 2010011135
- OCLC
- 574955806
- Author
Sharpe, Christina Elizabeth.
- Title
Monstrous intimacies : making post-slavery subjects / Christina Sharpe.
- Imprint
Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2010.
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
unmediated
- Type of Carrier
volume
- Series
Perverse modernities
Perverse modernities.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-242) and index.
- Connect to:
- Other Form:
Online version: Sharpe, Christina Elizabeth. Monstrous intimacies. Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2010 (OCoLC)1084028306