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Scenes of Subjection
Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America
Saidiya Hartman
1997
Oxford University Press
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The Enduring Power of “Scenes of Subjection”
Saidiya Hartman’s unrelenting exploration of slavery and freedom in the United States first appeared in 1997 and has lost none of its relevance.
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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
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The New Yorker
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October 17, 2022
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What Should a Slavery Epic Do?
If there’s anything the 2010s taught us, it’s that there is no getting these stories right, no honoring with grace the dead and ghosts.
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Lauren Michele Jackson
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Vulture
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December 26, 2019
