Wicked flesh: black women, intimacy, and freedom in the Atlantic world

"The story of freedom and all of its ambiguities begins with intimate acts steeped in power. It is shaped by the peculiar oppressions faced by African women and women of African descent. And it pivots on the self-conscious choices black women made to retain control over their bodies and selves,...

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Main Author: Johnson, Jessica Marie (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press [2020]
In:Year: 2020
Reviews:[Rezension von: Johnson, Jessica Marie, Wicked flesh : black women, intimacy, and freedom in the Atlantic world] (2024) (Davidson, Steed V.)
Series/Journal:Early American studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Atlantic / Women, Black / Slave woman / Social situation / History 1685-1810
Further subjects:B African Americans Kinship History 18th century
B Atlantic Ocean Region
B Slave trade Social aspects (Atlantic Ocean Region) History 18th century
B Race Relations
B African American Women (Louisiana) (New Orleans) Social conditions 18th century
B Slave trade ; Social aspects
B Atlantic Ocean Region Race relations History 18th century
B African Diaspora
B History
B Women, Black (Atlantic Ocean Region) Social conditions 18th century
B African American women ; Social conditions
B Louisiana ; New Orleans
B Women, Black ; Social conditions
B African American Women (Louisiana) (New Orleans) History 18th century
B Women, Black (Atlantic Ocean Region) History 18th century
B African American Women
B Women, Black
B African Diaspora History 18th century
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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