Book 2010

Extravagant abjection

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Publisher: New York University Press
Language: English
Published: 2010

Race relations in literature
Rape in literature
Homosexuality in literature
Pornography in literature
Abjection in literature

Summary: Challenging the conception of empowerment associated with the Black Power Movement and its political and intellectual legacies, this title contends that power can be found not only in martial resistance, but, surprisingly, where the black body has been inflicted with harm or humiliation.