Wayward lives, beautiful experiments : intimate histories of social upheaval

Wayward lives, beautiful experiments : intimate histories of social upheaval / Saidiya Hartman.

"A breathtaking exploration of the lives of young black women in the early twentieth century. In Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments, Saidiya Hartman examines the revolution of black intimate life that unfolded in Philadelphia and New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. Free love, commo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hartman, Saidiya V. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
1800-1999
African American young women > Social conditions > 19th century.
African American young women > Social conditions > 20th century.
African American young women > Sexual behavior > History.
Single women > United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Single women > United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
Urban women > United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Urban women > United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
Sex customs > United States > History.
Prostitution > United States > History.
Man-woman relationships.
HISTORY / Women.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
African American women > Social conditions > 20th century.
African American women > History > 20th century.
African American women > Sexual behavior > History.
Prostitution.
Sex customs.
Single women > Social conditions.
Urban women > Social conditions.
United States.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xxi, 441 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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