Slavery and the culture of taste / Simon Gikandi.

Author/creator Gikandi, Simon
Format Book
Publication InfoPrinceton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxviii, 366 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Overture : sensibility in the age of slavery -- Intersections : taste, slavery, and the modern self -- Unspeakable events : slavery and white self-fashioning -- Close encounters : taste and the taint of slavery -- "Popping sorrow" : loss and the transformation of servitude -- The ontology of play : mimicry and the counterculture of taste.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [321]-352) and index.
LCCN 2011007380
ISBN9780691140667 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
ISBN0691140669 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PN56.S5765 G55 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold