TY - BOOK AU - Sharpe,Christina Elizabeth TI - In the wake: on Blackness and being SN - 9780822362944 (pbk.) : AV - E185.625 .S53 2016 U1 - 305.8 SHA PY - 2016/// CY - Durham PB - Duke University Press KW - African Americans KW - Social conditions KW - Racism KW - Health aspects KW - United States KW - Premature death KW - Social aspects KW - Discrimination in law enforcement KW - Slavery KW - Psychological aspects KW - Society KW - ukslc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 ER -