03143nam 2200757Ia 450 991078438860332120230323181950.00-8166-9794-9(CKB)1000000000346671(EBL)310740(OCoLC)476096003(SSID)ssj0000136726(PQKBManifestationID)11152570(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136726(PQKBWorkID)10083492(PQKB)11331504(MiAaPQ)EBC310740(OCoLC)78051840(MdBmJHUP)muse39009(Au-PeEL)EBL310740(CaPaEBR)ebr10151332(CaONFJC)MIL523178(PPN)162172389(EXLCZ)99100000000034667120051206d2006 ub 0engurcn#---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierDemonic grounds[electronic resource] Black women and the cartographies of struggle /Katherine McKittrickMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20061 online resource (224 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-4702-X 0-8166-4701-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : geographic stories -- I lost an arm on my last trip home : Black geographies -- The last place they thought of : Black women's geographies -- The authenticity of this story has not been documented : auction blocks -- Nothing's shocking : Black Canada -- Demonic grounds : Sylvia Wynter -- Conclusion : stay human.Demonic Grounds moves between past and present, archives and fiction, theory and everyday, to focus on places negotiated by black women during and after the transatlantic slave trade. Specifically, Katherine McKittrick addresses the geographic implications of slave auction blocks, Harriet Jacobs's attic, black Canada and New France, as well as the conceptual spaces of feminism and Sylvia Wynter's philosophies.Women, BlackAmericaSocial conditionsAfrican diasporaHuman geographyAmericaGeographyPsychological aspectsSlaveryAmericaHistoryEnslaved womenAmericaHistoryWomen, BlackAmericaPolitical activityWomen, Black, in literatureAmericaRace relationsAmericaGeographyPsychological aspectsWomen, BlackSocial conditions.African diaspora.Human geographyGeographyPsychological aspects.SlaveryHistory.Enslaved womenHistory.Women, BlackPolitical activity.Women, Black, in literature.305.48/89607009McKittrick Katherine1576836MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784388603321Demonic grounds3854920UNINA