Infamous Bodies: Early Black Women’s Celebrity and the Afterlives of Rights
The countless retellings and reimaginings of the private and public lives of Phillis Wheatley, Sally Hemings, Sarah Baartman, Mary Seacole, and Sarah Forbes Bonetta have transformed them into difficult cultural and black feminist icons. In Infamous Bodies , Samantha Pinto explores how histories of t...
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Zusammenfassung: | The countless retellings and reimaginings of the private and public
lives of Phillis Wheatley, Sally Hemings, Sarah Baartman, Mary
Seacole, and Sarah Forbes Bonetta have transformed them into
difficult cultural and black feminist icons. In Infamous
Bodies , Samantha Pinto explores how histories of these black
women and their ongoing fame generate new ways of imagining black
feminist futures. Drawing on a variety of media, cultural, legal,
and critical sources, Pinto shows how the narratives surrounding
these eighteenth- and nineteenth-century celebrities shape key
political concepts such as freedom, consent, contract, citizenship,
and sovereignty. Whether analyzing Wheatley's fame in relation to
conceptions of race and freedom, notions of consent in Hemings's
relationship with Thomas Jefferson, or Baartman's ability to enter
into legal contracts, Pinto reveals the centrality of race, gender,
and sexuality in the formation of political rights. In so doing,
she contends that feminist theories of black women's vulnerable
embodiment can be the starting point for future progressive
political projects. |
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DOI: | 10.2307/j.ctv1503g76 |