Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval by Saidiya Hartman

15 reviews

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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Rape

simonemaybe's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Racism

anhannani's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Incredible and essential!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

mcmorgan's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence and Domestic abuse

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. 

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Content Warnings

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.