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

The countless retellings and reimaginings of the private and public lives of Phillis Wheatley, Sally Hemings, Sarah Baartman, Mary Seacole, and Sarah Forbes Bonetta have transformed them into difficult cultural and black feminist icons. In Infamous Bodies, Samantha Pinto explores how histories of th...

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Main Author: Pinto, Samantha (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Duke University Press 2020
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