In the wake : on Blackness and being /
Sharpe, Christina Elizabeth,
In the wake : on Blackness and being / Christina Sharpe. - Durham : Duke University Press, 2016. - 192 pages : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Using the multiple meanings of 'wake' to illustrate the ways Black lives are determined by slavery's afterlives, Christina Sharpe weaves personal experiences with readings of literary and artistic representations of Black life and death to examine what survives in the face of insistent violence and the possibilities for resistance.
9780822362944 (pbk.) : £19.99
African Americans--Social conditions.
Racism--Health aspects--United States.
Premature death--Social aspects--United States.
Discrimination in law enforcement--United States.
Slavery--Psychological aspects.--United States
Society.
E185.625 / .S53 2016
305.8 SHA
In the wake : on Blackness and being / Christina Sharpe. - Durham : Duke University Press, 2016. - 192 pages : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Using the multiple meanings of 'wake' to illustrate the ways Black lives are determined by slavery's afterlives, Christina Sharpe weaves personal experiences with readings of literary and artistic representations of Black life and death to examine what survives in the face of insistent violence and the possibilities for resistance.
9780822362944 (pbk.) : £19.99
African Americans--Social conditions.
Racism--Health aspects--United States.
Premature death--Social aspects--United States.
Discrimination in law enforcement--United States.
Slavery--Psychological aspects.--United States
Society.
E185.625 / .S53 2016
305.8 SHA