Infamous Bodies - Early Black Women''s Celebrity and the Afterlives of Rights

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.

Table des matières

Acknowledgments  vii
Introduction. Infamous Bodies, Corrective Histories  1
1. Fantasies of Freedom: Phillis Wheatley and the "Deathless Fame" of Black Feminist Thought  31
2. The Romance of Consent: Sally Hemings, Black Women's Sexuality, and the Fundamental Vulnerability of Rights  65
3. Venus at Work: The Contracted Body and Fictions of Sarah Baartman  105
4. Civic Desire: Mary Seacole's Adventures in Black Citizenship  139
5. #DevelopmentGoals: Sovereignty, Sarah Forbes Bonetta, and the Production of the Black Feminist Political Subject  173
Conclusion. Black Feminist Celebrity and the Political Life of Vulnerability  203
Notes  207
References  221
Index 243

A propos de l'auteur

Samantha Pinto

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Samantha Pinto
• Edition: Duke University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781478008323
• ISBN: 978-1-4780-0832-3
• Pages: 277
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques; Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Ethnic Issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global)