Violence from Slavery to #BlackLivesMatter brings together
perspectives on violence and its representation in African American
history from slavery to the present moment. Contributors explore
how violence, signifying both an instrument of the white majority's
power and a modality of black resistance, has been understood and
articulated in primary materials that range from slave narrative
through "lynching plays" and Richard Wright's fiction to
contemporary activist poetry, and from photography of African
American suffering through Blaxploitation cinema and Spike Lee's
films to rap lyrics and performances. Diverse both in their period
coverage and their choice of medium for discussion, the 11 essays
are unified by a shared concern to unpack violence's multiple
meanings for black America. Underlying the collection, too, is not
only the desire to memorialize past moments of black American
suffering and resistance, but, in politically timely fashion, to
explore their connections to our current conjuncture.
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