Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval
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Further Reading: Beyond Literature
1. “ Venus in Two Acts ” by Saidiya Hartman (2008)
2. Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America by Saidiya Hartman (1997)
3. “ Mama’s Baby, Papa’s Maybe: An American Grammar Book ” by Hortense Spillers (1987)
4. “ How Saidiya Hartman Retells the History of Black Life ” by Alexis Okeowo (2020)
5. “ An Exhilarating Work of History About Daring Adventures in Love ” by Parul Sehgal (2019)
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1. “ Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments ” by Saidiya Hartman (2019)
2. “ Gladys Bentley: Gender-Bending Performer and Musician ” by American Masters PBS (2020)
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