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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Albanese, Mary Grace

Titel

Black women and energies of resistance in nineteenth-century Haitian and American literature

Ort / Verlag

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

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• Inhaltsverzeichnis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Includes bibliographical references and index
• Introduction: Modulating modernity -- Powering the soul: queer energies in Haitian Vodou -- Marie Laveau's generational arts: healing and midwifery in New Orleans -- Freedom's conduit: spiritual justice in "Theresa, a Haytian tale" -- "A wandering maniac": Sojourner Truth's demonic marronage -- Mesmeric revolution: Hopkins's matrilineal Haiti -- Coda: Effluent futures.
• "This book re-evaluates traditional narratives of 19th-century modernity by placing Black women at the center of an increasingly connected world. It redefines energy and modernity by exploring how early Black transnational networks practiced energy across Haiti and the USA"--