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

Public ISBD Title : Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America Material Type: printed text Authors: Saidiya Hartman, Author Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication Date: 1997 ISBN (or other code): BLAHAR1997 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Black Studies Keywords: Scenes of Subjection, Saidiya Hartman, Slavery, Anti-blackness Abstract: 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 that usually go undetected, in particular, the encroachments of power that take place through notions of humanity, enjoyment, protection, rights, and consent. By looking at slave narratives, plantation diaries, popular theatre, slaver performance, freedmen's primers, and legal cases, Hartman investigates a wide variety of "scenes" ranging from the auction block and minstrel show to the staging of the self-possessed and rights-bearing individual of freedom. While attentive to the performance of power—the terrible spectacles of slaveholders' dominion and the innocent amusement designed to abase and pacify the enslaved—and the entanglements of pleasure and terror in these displays of mastery, Hartman also examines the possibilities for resistance, redress, and transformation embodied in black performance and everyday practice. This important study contends that despite the legal abolition of slavery, emergent notions of individual will and responsibility revealed the tragic continuities between slavery and freedom. Bold and persuasively argued, *Scenes of Subjection* will engage readers in a broad range of historical, literary, and cultural studies. Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America [printed text] / Saidiya Hartman, Author . - [S.l.] : Oxford University Press, 1997. ISSN : BLAHAR1997 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Black Studies Keywords: Scenes of Subjection, Saidiya Hartman, Slavery, Anti-blackness Abstract: 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 that usually go undetected, in particular, the encroachments of power that take place through notions of humanity, enjoyment, protection, rights, and consent. By looking at slave narratives, plantation diaries, popular theatre, slaver performance, freedmen's primers, and legal cases, Hartman investigates a wide variety of "scenes" ranging from the auction block and minstrel show to the staging of the self-possessed and rights-bearing individual of freedom. While attentive to the performance of power—the terrible spectacles of slaveholders' dominion and the innocent amusement designed to abase and pacify the enslaved—and the entanglements of pleasure and terror in these displays of mastery, Hartman also examines the possibilities for resistance, redress, and transformation embodied in black performance and everyday practice. This important study contends that despite the legal abolition of slavery, emergent notions of individual will and responsibility revealed the tragic continuities between slavery and freedom. Bold and persuasively argued, *Scenes of Subjection* will engage readers in a broad range of historical, literary, and cultural studies.

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The Fire Next Time / James Baldwin

Public ISBD Title : The Fire Next Time Material Type: printed text Authors: James Baldwin, Author Publisher: Vintage Books ISBN (or other code): 978-0-679-74472-6 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Black Studies Black/Anti-Black Human Rights Race/Anti-Racism Social Movements Abstract: A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave a passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, The Fire Next Time is an intensely personal and provocative document. It consists of two "letters," written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhorts Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism. The Fire Next Time [printed text] / James Baldwin, Author . - [S.l.] : Vintage Books, [s.d.]. ISBN : 978-0-679-74472-6 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Black Studies Black/Anti-Black Human Rights Race/Anti-Racism Social Movements Abstract: A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave a passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, The Fire Next Time is an intensely personal and provocative document. It consists of two "letters," written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhorts Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism.

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RAC BAL 1993	RAC BAL 1993	Livre/Book	QPIRG-Concordia	Race/Anti-Racism	Available

The Making of the Black Working Class in Britain / Ron Ramdin

Public ISBD Title : The Making of the Black Working Class in Britain Material Type: printed text Authors: Ron Ramdin, Author Publisher: Verso Publication Date: 2017 ISBN (or other code): 978-1-7866-3065-0 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Black Studies Black/Anti-Black Colonialism, Imperialism & World Politics Economics Immigrant Labour Labour, Poverty and Class Labour, Unionism, Working-Class Poverty Poverty Studies Keywords: UK minorty  Black labour history  working-class  trade unionism Abstract: In this pioneering history, Ron Ramdin traces the roots of Britain’s disadvantaged black working class. From the development of a small black presence in the sixteenth century, through the colonial labour institutions of slavery, indentureship, and trade unionism, Ramdin expertly guides us through the stages of creation for a UK minority whose origins are often overlooked. He examines the emergence of a black radical ideology underpinning twentieth-century struggles against unemployment, racial attacks and workplace inequality, and delves into the murky realms of employer and trade union racism. First published in 1987, this revised edition includes a new introduction reflecting on events over the past four decades. The Making of the Black Working Class in Britain [printed text] / Ron Ramdin, Author . - [S.l.] : Verso, 2017. ISBN : 978-1-7866-3065-0 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Black Studies Black/Anti-Black Colonialism, Imperialism & World Politics Economics Immigrant Labour Labour, Poverty and Class Labour, Unionism, Working-Class Poverty Poverty Studies Keywords: UK minorty  Black labour history  working-class  trade unionism Abstract: In this pioneering history, Ron Ramdin traces the roots of Britain’s disadvantaged black working class. From the development of a small black presence in the sixteenth century, through the colonial labour institutions of slavery, indentureship, and trade unionism, Ramdin expertly guides us through the stages of creation for a UK minority whose origins are often overlooked. He examines the emergence of a black radical ideology underpinning twentieth-century struggles against unemployment, racial attacks and workplace inequality, and delves into the murky realms of employer and trade union racism. First published in 1987, this revised edition includes a new introduction reflecting on events over the past four decades.

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100RAM2017	100RAM2017	Livre/Book	QPIRG-McGill	Labour, Class, and Poverty (QM)	Available

The Origin of Others / Toni Morrison

Public ISBD Title : The Origin of Others Material Type: printed text Authors: Toni Morrison, Author Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN (or other code): 978-0-674-97645-0 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Biography and personal stories Black Studies Black/Anti-Black Globalization Literary theory White Supremacy Abstract: America's foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples. the desire for belonging. What is race and why does it matter? What motivates the human tendency to construct Others? Why does the presence of Others make us so afraid? Drawing on her Norton Lectures, Toni Morrison takes up these and other vital questions bearing on identity in The Origin of Others. In her search for answers, the novelist considers her own memories as well as history, politics, and especially literature. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Flannery O'Conner, and Camera Laye are among the authors she examines. Readers of Morrison's fiction will welcome her discussions of some of her most celebrated books - Beloved, Paradise, and A Mercy. If we learn racism by example, then literature plays an important part in the history of race in America, both negatively and positively. Morrison writes about nineteenth-century literary efforts to romance slavery, contrasting them with the scientific racism of Samual Cartwright and the banal diaries of the plantation overseer and slaveholder Thomas Thistlewood. She looks at configurations of blackness, notions of racial purity, and the ways in which literature employs skin colour to reveal character or drive the narrative. Expanding the scope of her concern she also addresses globalization and the mass movement of peoples in this century. The Origin of Others [printed text] / Toni Morrison, Author . - [S.l.] : Harvard University Press, [s.d.]. ISBN : 978-0-674-97645-0 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Biography and personal stories Black Studies Black/Anti-Black Globalization Literary theory White Supremacy Abstract: America's foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples. the desire for belonging. What is race and why does it matter? What motivates the human tendency to construct Others? Why does the presence of Others make us so afraid? Drawing on her Norton Lectures, Toni Morrison takes up these and other vital questions bearing on identity in The Origin of Others. In her search for answers, the novelist considers her own memories as well as history, politics, and especially literature. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Flannery O'Conner, and Camera Laye are among the authors she examines. Readers of Morrison's fiction will welcome her discussions of some of her most celebrated books - Beloved, Paradise, and A Mercy. If we learn racism by example, then literature plays an important part in the history of race in America, both negatively and positively. Morrison writes about nineteenth-century literary efforts to romance slavery, contrasting them with the scientific racism of Samual Cartwright and the banal diaries of the plantation overseer and slaveholder Thomas Thistlewood. She looks at configurations of blackness, notions of racial purity, and the ways in which literature employs skin colour to reveal character or drive the narrative. Expanding the scope of her concern she also addresses globalization and the mass movement of peoples in this century.

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RAC MOR 2017	RAC MOR 2017	Livre/Book	QPIRG-Concordia	Race/Anti-Racism	Available

Unapologetic / Charlene A. Carruthers

Public ISBD Title : Unapologetic : A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements Material Type: printed text Authors: Charlene A. Carruthers, Author Publisher: Beacon Press Publication Date: 2018 ISBN (or other code): 978-0-8070-1941-2 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Activism and Community Organizing Black Studies Black/Anti-Black Feminisms of Colour/Race and Feminism Queer Race/Anti-Racism Abstract: Drawing on Black intellectual and grassroots organizing traditions, including the Haitian Revolution, the US civil rights movement, and LGBTQ rights and feminist movements, Unapologetic challenges all of us engaged in the social justice struggle to make the movement for Black liberation more radical, more queer, and more feminist. This book provides a vision for how social justice movements can become sharper and more effective through principled struggle, healing justice, and leadership development. It also offers a flexible model of what deeply effective organizing can be, anchored in the Chicago model of activism, which features long-term commitment, cultural sensitivity, creative strategizing, and multiple cross-group alliances. And Unapologetic provides a clear framework for activists committed to building transformative power, encouraging young people to see themselves as visionaries and leaders. Unapologetic : A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements [printed text] / Charlene A. Carruthers, Author . - [S.l.] : Beacon Press, 2018. ISBN : 978-0-8070-1941-2 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Activism and Community Organizing Black Studies Black/Anti-Black Feminisms of Colour/Race and Feminism Queer Race/Anti-Racism Abstract: Drawing on Black intellectual and grassroots organizing traditions, including the Haitian Revolution, the US civil rights movement, and LGBTQ rights and feminist movements, Unapologetic challenges all of us engaged in the social justice struggle to make the movement for Black liberation more radical, more queer, and more feminist. This book provides a vision for how social justice movements can become sharper and more effective through principled struggle, healing justice, and leadership development. It also offers a flexible model of what deeply effective organizing can be, anchored in the Chicago model of activism, which features long-term commitment, cultural sensitivity, creative strategizing, and multiple cross-group alliances. And Unapologetic provides a clear framework for activists committed to building transformative power, encouraging young people to see themselves as visionaries and leaders.

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ACT CAR 2018	ACT CAR 2018	Livre/Book	QPIRG-Concordia	Activism & Community Organizing	Due for return by 12/10/2019

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