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Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments Lib/E: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval by Saidiya Hartman
14 reviews
antonique_reads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Abandonment, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Miscarriage, Violence, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Classism, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Death
mmcloe's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Absolutely astonishing understanding of the archives and history and aesthetics and radical optimism. Hartman is the most exciting scholar writing right now and the combination of her prose talents and the depth of her research (evidenced by the hundreds of footnotes) is unmatched in any genre.
Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Rape
actualspinster's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Police brutality
adesinabrown's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I wish I could go above 5 stars for this book.
Minor: Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Homophobia, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, and Sexism
Most (if not all) triggering content is only mentioned briefly in this book--in possibilities, in truths, in the complexities. It is mostly a reconstruction of the lost stories of Black women and queer people of the early 20th century, and an examination of why those stories are "lost" in the first place. Expect any content that may be wrapped up in that.
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