Infamous bodies : early Black women's celebrity and the afterlives of rights / / Samantha Pinto

• Autore: Pinto Samantha
• Pubblicazione: Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 online resource)
• Disciplina: 811.1
• Soggetto topico: Women, Black, in popular culture; African American women in popular culture; Women, Black - Legal status, laws, etc; African American women - Legal status, laws, etc; African American feminists; Womanism; Fame - Social aspects
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION. Infamous Bodies, Corrective Histories -- 1. FANTASIES OF FREEDOM. Phillis Wheatley and the “Deathless Fame” of Black Feminist Thought -- 2. THE ROMANCE OF CONSENT. Sally Hemings, Black Women’s Sexuality, and the Fundamental Vulnerability of Rights -- 3. VENUS AT WORK. The Contracted Body and Fictions of Sarah Baartman -- 4. CIVIC DESIRE. Mary Seacole’s Adventures in Black Citizenship -- 5. #DEVELOPMENTGOALS. Sovereignty, Sarah Forbes Bonetta, and the Production of the Black Feminist Political Subject -- CONCLUSION. Black Feminist Celebrity and the Political Life of Vulnerability -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "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."--
• Titolo autorizzato: Infamous bodies
• ISBN: 1-4780-9380-3; 1-4780-0783-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996599564103316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno