Sites of slavery : citizenship and racial democracy in the post-civil rights imagination / Salamishah Tillet.
| Author/creator | Tillet, Salamishah |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Durham : Duke University Press, 2012. |
| Description | xvi, 224 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : sites of slavery -- Freedom in a bondsmaid's arms : Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and the persistence of African-American memory -- The milder and more amusing phases of slavery : Uncle Tom's cabin and black satire -- A race of angels : (trans) nationalism, African-American tourism, and the slave forts -- What have we done to weigh so little on their scale : African American reparations and the moral economy of memory -- Epilogue the president's house, freedom, and slavery in the age of Obama |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011053371 |
| ISBN | 9780822352617 |
| ISBN | 9780822352426 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0822352427 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0822352613 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | E185.615 .T575 2012 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |