Toward a Black Femme Fugitive Poetics

The article focuses on Black femme figure and fugitivity in contemporary poetry and critical lineage of Black femme poets practicing a fugitivity from the logics of white supremacist, hetero-patriarchal society. It mentions strategies of Black femme figure therein, which are illuminated via her uniq...

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Published in:Cross currents
Main Author: Priest, Joy (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of North Carolina Press 2018
In: Cross currents
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Literature / Women, Black / Racism / Patriarchate
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
KBQ North America
ZB Sociology
Further subjects:B BLACK feminists
B LANGUAGE & languages
B Violence
B Black Feminism
B Poetics
B Social Movements
B Poets
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Summary:The article focuses on Black femme figure and fugitivity in contemporary poetry and critical lineage of Black femme poets practicing a fugitivity from the logics of white supremacist, hetero-patriarchal society. It mentions strategies of Black femme figure therein, which are illuminated via her unique standpoint and practice of fugitivity and defamiliarization of language, an interrogation of language, or an invention of new language. It also mentions hegemonic feminism and epistemic violence.
ISSN:1939-3881
Contains:Enthalten in: Cross currents
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/cros.12335