Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America by Saidiya Hartman

Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America

Race and American Culture

Saidiya Hartman

296 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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In this provocative and original exploration of racial subjugation during slavery and its aftermath, Saidiya Hartman illumines the forms of terror and resistance that shaped black identity. Scenes of Subjection examines the forms of domination tha...

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reflective 66%
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