Infamous Bodies: Early Black Women’s Celebrity and the Afterlives of Rights

Samantha Pinto

Published by Duke University Press 2020

Infamous Bodies

Early Black Women’s Celebrity and the Afterlives of Rights

Samantha Pinto

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478009283

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Samantha Pinto is Associate Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin, author of Difficult Diasporas: The Transnational Feminist Aesthetic of the Black Atlantic, and coeditor of Writing Beyond the State: Post-Sovereign Approaches to Human Rights in Literary Studies.

Reviews

-- Jennifer C. Nash, author of Black Feminism Reimagined: After Intersectionality

-- Francesca T. Royster, author of Sounding Like a No-No: Queer Sounds and Eccentric Acts in the Post-Soul Era

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
INTRODUCTION. Infamous Bodies, Corrective Histories Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. FANTASIES OF FREEDOM. Phillis Wheatley and the “Deathless Fame” of Black Feminist Thought Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
2. THE ROMANCE OF CONSENT. Sally Hemings, Black Women’s Sexuality, and the Fundamental Vulnerability of Rights Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
3. VENUS AT WORK. The Contracted Body and Fictions of Sarah Baartman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
4. CIVIC DESIRE. Mary Seacole’s Adventures in Black Citizenship Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
5. #DEVELOPMENTGOALS. Sovereignty, Sarah Forbes Bonetta, and the Production of the Black Feminist Political Subject Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
CONCLUSION. Black Feminist Celebrity and the Political Life of Vulnerability Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 264

eBook

Published: August 10, 2020
ISBN: 9781478009283