The repeating body : slavery's visual resonance in the contemporary / Kimberly Juanita Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Kimberly Juanita, 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women.

African American women in literature.

African American women in art.

Human body.

Human body in literature.

Human figure in art.

Slavery.

Collective memory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<div>Kimberly Juanita Brown explores the literary and visual representations of how black women bear the marks of slavery, centers black women in narratives of slavery, and uncovers and critiques the refusal to see the violence done to black women's bodies.</div>

Contents:

Introduction: visualizing the body of the black Atlantic

Black rapture: corporeal afterimage and transnational desire

Fragmented figurations of the maternal

The boundaries of excess

The return: conjuring the figure, following the form

Conclusion: photographic incantations of the visual.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822375418

0822375419

OCLC:

1154331653