About the book
In this book, Amy K. King examines how violence between women in contemporary Caribbean and American texts is rooted in plantation slavery. Analyzing films, television shows, novels, short stories, poems, book covers, and paintings, King shows how contemporary media reuse salacious and stereotypical depictions of relationships between women living within the plantation system to confront its legacy in the present. The vestiges of these relationships — enslavers and enslaved women, employers and domestic servants, lovers and rivals — negate characters' efforts to imagine non-abusive approaches to power and agency. King’s work goes beyond any other study to date to examine the intersections of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, ability, and nationality in U.S. and Caribbean depictions of violence between women in the wake of slavery.
Editions of Grotesque Touch
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781469664637
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781469664644
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469664668
- EBook
- ISBN 9798890862235
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469664651
- PDF
- ISBN 9798890862228
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In this book, Amy K. King examines how violence between women in contemporary Caribbean and American texts is rooted in plantation slavery. Analyzing films, television shows, novels, short stories, poems, book covers, and paintings, King shows how contemporary media reuse salacious and stereotypical depictions of relationships between women living within the plantation system to confront its legacy in the present. The vestiges of these relationships — enslavers and enslaved women, employers and domestic servants, lovers and rivals — negate characters' efforts to imagine non-abusive approaches to power and agency. King’s work goes beyond any other study to date to examine the intersections of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, ability, and nationality in U.S. and Caribbean depictions of violence between women in the wake of slavery.
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What is Grotesque Touch about?
In this book, Amy K. King examines how violence between women in contemporary Caribbean and American texts is rooted in plantation slavery. Analyzing films, television shows, novels, short stories, poems, book covers, and paintings, King shows how contemporary media reuse salacious and stereotypical depictions of relationships between women living within the plantation system to confront its legacy in the present. The vestiges of these relationships — enslavers and enslaved women, employers and domestic servants, lovers and rivals — negate characters' efforts to imagine non-abusive approaches to power and agency. King’s work goes beyond any other study to date to examine the intersections of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, ability, and nationality in U.S. and Caribbean depictions of violence between women in the wake of slavery.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Grotesque Touch?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Literature: history and criticism
Where can I read a sample of Grotesque Touch?
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How long is Grotesque Touch and how many pages does it have?
Grotesque Touch has 248 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Grotesque Touch?
Amy King
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Grotesque Touch is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781469664637) and paperback(ISBN 9781469664644) and ebook(ISBN 9781469664668) and ebook(ISBN 9798890862235) and ebook(ISBN 9781469664651) and pdf(ISBN 9798890862228)
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