In the Wake: On Blackness And Being

Using the multiple meanings of wake to illustrate the ways Black lives are determined by slavery s afterlives, Christina Sharpe weaves personal experiences with readings of literary and artistic representations of Black life and death to examine what survives in the face of insistent violence and the possibilities for resistance."

• | Author: Christina Sharpe
• | Publisher: Duke University Press
• | Publication Date: November 14, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 188 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0822362945
• | ISBN-13: 9780822362944