Demonic grounds : Black women and the cartographies of struggle / Katherine McKittrick.

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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 a...

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Main Author: McKittrick, Katherine
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2006], ©2006.
Subjects:
Women, Black > America > Social conditions.
African diaspora.
Human geography > America.
Geography > Psychological aspects.
Slavery > America > History.
Enslaved women > America > History.
Women, Black > Political activity > America.
Women, Black, in literature.
America > Race relations.
America > Geography > Psychological aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
Human geography.
Race relations.
Slavery.
Women, Black > Political activity.
Women, Black > Social conditions.
America.
History.
Genre:
History.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (JSTOR)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxi, 190 pages) : illustrations, maps
Format: Electronic eBook
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Summary:
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.
Note:Electronic resource.
Call Number:E29.N3 M38 2006eb
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-185) and index.
ISBN:9780816697946
0816697949
9780816647019
0816647011
9780816647026
081664702X
Source of Description:
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