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Informationen zum Autor Salamishah Tillet Klappentext In Sites of Slavery Salamishah Tillet examines how contemporary African American artists and intellectuals-including Annette Gordon-Reed, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Bill T. Jones, Carrie Mae Weems, and Kara Walker-turn to the subject of slavery in order to understand and challenge the ongoing exclusion of African Americans from the founding narratives of the United States. Zusammenfassung In Sites of Slavery Salamishah Tillet examines how contemporary African American artists and intellectuals—including Annette Gordon-Reed, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Bill T. Jones, Carrie Mae Weems, and Kara Walker—turn to the subject of slavery in order to understand and challenge the ongoing exclusion of African Americans from the founding narratives of the United States. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments xi Introduction. Peculiar Citizenships 1 1. Freedom in a Bondsmaid's Arms: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and the Persistence of African American Memory 19 2. The Milder and More Amusing Phases of Slavery: Uncle Tom's Cabin and Black Satire 51 3. A Race of Angels: (Trans)Nationalism, African American Tourism, and the Slave Forts 95 4. What Have We Done to Weigh So Little on Their Scale: Mnemonic Restitution and the Aesthetics of Racial Reparations 133 Epilogue. The President's House, Freedom, and Slavery in the Age of Obama 169 Notes 179 Bibliography 195 Index 217
