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Demonic grounds : black women and the cartographies of struggle / Katherine McKittrick.
Author
McKittrick, Katherine
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2006]
Description
1 online resource (xxxi, 190 pages) : illustrations, maps
Availability
Available Online
JSTOR DDA
Ebook Central Perpetual, DDA and Subscription Titles
Details
Subject(s)
Women, Black
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America
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Social conditions
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African diaspora
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Human geography
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America
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Geography
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Psychological aspects
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Slavery
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America
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History
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Enslaved women
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America
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History
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Women, Black
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Political activity
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America
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Women, Black, in literature
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America
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Race relations
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America
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Geography
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Psychological aspects
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Summary note
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.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-185) and index.
Source of description
Print version record.
Contents
Introduction : geographic stories
I lost an arm on my last trip home : Black geographies
The last place they thought of : Black women's geographies
The authenticity of this story has not been documented : auction blocks
Nothing's shocking : Black Canada
Demonic grounds : Sylvia Wynter
Conclusion : stay human.
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ISBN
9780816697946 ((electronic bk.))
0816697949 ((electronic bk.))
9780816647019 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
0816647011 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
9780816647026 ((paperback ; : alk. paper))
081664702X ((paperback ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2005035148
OCLC
78051840
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