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Eating the Black body

by Carlyle Van Thompson

2006 231 pages eng

Violence in literature Human body in literature African americans, intellectual life Sexual abuse victims American literature, african american authors, history and criticism Race in literature Sex in literature African Americans in literature African American authors Crimes against American literature Intellectual life African Americans History and criticism

"In this exploration of racial subjugation and its aftermath, Carlyle Van Thompson illumines the racialized sexual desire that reduces Black people to commodities for consumption. Eating the Black Body examines the often-sadistic forms of sexual violence during the period of slavery and its aftermat…

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