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In the wake : on Blackness and being / Christina Sharpe.

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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 insisten...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Duke)
Main Author: Sharpe, Christina Elizabeth (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
African Americans > Social conditions.
Racism > Health aspects > United States.
Premature death > Social aspects > United States.
Discrimination in law enforcement > United States.
Slavery > United States > Psychological aspects.
Discrimination in law enforcement.
Slavery > Psychological aspects.
United States.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 175 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780822373452
0822373459
DOI:10.1215/9780822373452

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