Slavery and the culture of taste / Simon Gikandi.

  • Gikandi, Simon
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[2011], ©2011
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Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, [2011], ©2011.

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xviii, 366 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Overture : sensibility in the age of slavery -- Intersections : taste, slavery, and the modern self -- Unspeakable events : slavery and white self-fashioning -- Close encounters : taste and the taint of slavery -- "Popping sorrow" : loss and the transformation of servitude -- The ontology of play : mimicry and the counterculture of taste.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-352) and index.

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Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2014. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.

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