Being Property Once Myself : : Blackness and the End of Man / / Joshua Bennett.
Throughout US history, black people have been configured as sociolegal nonpersons. Joshua Bennett explores the place of animality in works by Richard Wright, Toni Morrison, Jesmyn Ward, and other black writers, delving into the literary imagination and ethical concerns that emerge from being viewed...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION. HORSE -- 1. RAT -- 2. COCK -- 3. MULE -- 4. DOG -- 5. SHARK -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX |
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| Summary: | Throughout US history, black people have been configured as sociolegal nonpersons. Joshua Bennett explores the place of animality in works by Richard Wright, Toni Morrison, Jesmyn Ward, and other black writers, delving into the literary imagination and ethical concerns that emerge from being viewed as a subgenre of the human. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780674245495 9783110690057 |
| DOI: | 10.4159/9780674245495?locatt=mode:legacy |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Joshua Bennett. |