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Scenes of Subjection : Terror, Slavery and Self-Making in Nineteenth Century America

Scenes of Subjection : Terror, Slavery and Self-Making in Nineteenth Century America

£14.99

Product Code: 9781800819962

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Weight .490 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 4.3 × 13 cm

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'One of our most brilliant contemporary thinkers' Claudia Rankine'An unrelenting exploration of slavery and freedom' New YorkerIn this radical re-evaluation of American history, Saidiya Hartman draws together a striking portrait of nineteenth-century slavery and its many afterlives. Through close examination of a variety of 'scenes', ranging from the auction block and the minstrel show to plantation diaries and legal cases, Scenes of Subjection investigates the interconnected nature of historical enslavement and present-day racism. With bold and persuasively argued possibilities for Black resistance and transformation, this book shows how far we have yet to go to dismantle the pervasive legacy of slavery.

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