{"product_id":"9781800819962-scenes-of-subjection","title":"Scenes of Subjection","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTerror, Slavery and Self-Making in Nineteenth Century America\u003cbr\u003eThe groundbreaking debut by the award-winning author of Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments now revised and updated\u003cbr\u003e'One of our most brilliant contemporary thinkers' Claudia Rankine'An unrelenting exploration of slavery and freedom' New YorkerIn this radical re-evaluation of American history, Saidiya Hartman draws together a striking portrait of nineteenth-century slavery and its many afterlives. Through close examination of a variety of 'scenes', ranging from the auction block and the minstrel show to plantation diaries and legal cases, Scenes of Subjection investigates the interconnected nature of historical enslavement and present-day racism. With bold and persuasively argued possibilities for Black resistance and transformation, this book shows how far we have yet to go to dismantle the pervasive legacy of slavery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41841272848481,"sku":"9781800819962","price":13.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36418160.jpg?v=1759495517","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781800819962-scenes-of-subjection","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}