Black Women and Energies of Resistance in Nineteenth Century Haitian - and American Literatur

"This book re-evaluates traditional narratives of 19th-century modernity by placing Black women at the center of an increasingly connected world. It redefines energy and modernity by exploring how early Black transnational networks practiced energy across Haiti and the USA"--

Sommario

Introduction: modulating modernity; 1. Powering the soul: queer energies in Haitian vodou; 2. Marie Laveau's generational arts: healing and midwifery in New Orleans; 3. Freedom's conduit: spiritual justice in 'Theresa, A Haytian Tale'; 4. 'A Wandering Maniac': Sojourner Truth's demonic marronage; 5. Mesmeric revolution: Hopkins's matrilineal Haiti; Coda: effluent futures.

Info autore

Mary Grace Albanese is Assistant Professor of English at SUNY Binghamton. She was a 2019-2020 Fellow at the Cornell Society for the Humanities and received her PhD from Columbia University in 2017.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mary Grace Albanese, Mary Grace (Suny Binghamton) Albanese
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.11.2023
• EAN: 9781009314244
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0931424-4
• Pagine: 208
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture; Cambridge Studies in American
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; USA, Haiti, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Gender studies: women and girls, Black & Asian Studies, Ancient religions & mythologies, Relating to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) peoples, Pre-Columbian America, Relating to people of the African diasporas / heritage