History1997

Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making

Saidiya Hartman
Overview
Region

Diaspora

USA

Era

Contemporary

Language

English

Genre

History

About This Work

Analysis of everyday violence of slavery and its afterlife in American society.

Literary Significance

Pioneered 'afterlives of slavery' concept; influential in Black Studies

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