Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women and Queer Radicals by Saidiya Hartman

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women and Queer Radicals

Saidiya Hartman

416 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history lgbtqia+ race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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What was the fate of the first generations of black women born after abolition in America? Struggle: to create autonomous and beautiful lives, to escape new forms of servitude, and to live as if they really were free. This book recreates the radic...

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informative 85%
reflective 66%
challenging 58%
emotional 49%
inspiring 29%
sad 29%
dark 24%
hopeful 23%
adventurous 12%
tense 11%
funny 2%
mysterious 1%
relaxing 1%

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fast 2%

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