Between Shadows and Noise - Sensation, Situatedness, and the Undisciplined

Amber Jamilla Musser theorizes sensation as a Black feminist method for aesthetic interpretation and criticism that uses the knowledges held by the body to access the unrepresentable.

Table des matières

Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction. Body Work  1
1. Us, the Uncanny, and the Threat of Black Femininity  21
2. Inside Out: Shango and Spectacles of the Spirit  42
3. Noise and the Body-Place: This ember state and the Critical Encounter  59
4. On the Brink: Approximation, Difference, and Ongoing Storms  76
5. Tamarind, Metabolism, and Rest: Making Racialized Labor Visible  94
Conclusion. Inflammation: Notes from the Front  112
Notes  131
Bibliography  157
Index  175

A propos de l'auteur

Amber Jamilla Musser is Professor of English at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and author of Sensual Excess: Queer Femininity and Brown Jouissance and Sensational Flesh: Race, Power, and Masochism.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Amber Jamilla Musser
• Edition: Duke University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.02.2024
• EAN: 9781478025832
• ISBN: 978-1-4780-2583-2
• Pages: 208
• Catégorie: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques