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Infamous bodies : early Black women's celebrity and the afterlives of rights / Samantha Pinto.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pinto, Samantha, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784.
- Wheatley, Phillis.
- Hemings, Sally.
- Baartman, Sarah.
- Seacole, Mary, 1805-1881.
- Seacole, Mary.
- Bonetta, Sarah Forbes, 1843?-1880.
- Bonetta, Sarah Forbes.
- Women, Black, in popular culture.
- African American women in popular culture.
- Women, Black--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Women, Black.
- African American women--Legal status, laws, etc.
- African American women.
- African American feminists.
- Womanism.
- Fame--Social aspects.
- Fame.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2020.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- "Samantha Pinto explores how histories of and the ongoing fame of Phillis Wheatley, Sally Hemings, Sarah Baartman, Mary Seacole, and Sarah Forbes Bonetta generate new ways of imagining black feminist futures."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- INTRODUCTION. Infamous Bodies, Corrective Histories
- 1. FANTASIES OF FREEDOM. Phillis Wheatley and the “Deathless Fame” of Black Feminist Thought
- 2. THE ROMANCE OF CONSENT. Sally Hemings, Black Women’s Sexuality, and the Fundamental Vulnerability of Rights
- 3. VENUS AT WORK. The Contracted Body and Fictions of Sarah Baartman
- 4. CIVIC DESIRE. Mary Seacole’s Adventures in Black Citizenship
- 5. #DEVELOPMENTGOALS. Sovereignty, Sarah Forbes Bonetta, and the Production of the Black Feminist Political Subject
- CONCLUSION. Black Feminist Celebrity and the Political Life of Vulnerability
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781478093800
- 1478093803
- 9781478007838
- 1478007834
- OCLC:
- 1154985241
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