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Demonic Grounds Black Women and the Cartographies of Struggle Katherine McKittrick |
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$60.00 Cloth |
Explores how black women’s geographies are meaningful sites of political opposition. In a long overdue contribution to geography and social theory, Katherine McKittrick offers a new and powerful interpretation of black women’s geographic thought. In Canada, the Caribbean, and the United States, black women inhabit diasporic locations marked by the legacy of violence and slavery. Analyzing diverse literatures and material geographies, McKittrick reveals how human geographies are a result of racialized connections, and how spaces that are fraught with limitation are underacknowledged but meaningful sites of political opposition. Demonic Grounds moves between past and present, archives and fiction, theory and everyday, to focus on places negotiated by black women during and after the transatlantic slave trade. Specifically, the author addresses the geographic implications of slave auction blocks, Harriet Jacobs’s attic, black Canada and New France, as well as the conceptual spaces of feminism and Sylvia Wynter’s philosophies. Central to McKittrick’s argument are the ways in which black women are not passive recipients of their surroundings and how a sense of place relates to the struggle against domination. Ultimately, McKittrick argues, these complex black geographies are alterable and may provide the opportunity for social and cultural change. “Theoretically rich and engaging. All in all, Demonic Grounds is a hugely important intervention that I hope will open doors within human geography to a range of black geographies/geographers.” —Annals of the Association of American Geographers “Lyrical and above all, haunting. I want to celebrate McKittrick’s ability to haunt through her intoxicating narrative gifts. Hers is the strongest, most confident voice to ring out in critical geography in my most recent memory. The book is an exercise in graceful mobility.” —Gender, Place and Culture “Provides rich, intergenerational scholarly dialogues, as well as historically and theoretically informed readings of black cultural practices in the African Diaspora.” —American Literature “Demonic Grounds is definitely worthwhile reading for graduate students, faculty, and other scholars who appreciate a serious, thought-provoking, and interdisciplinary analysis of the intersection of racism and sexism.” —The Geographical Review Katherine McKittrick is assistant professor of women’s studies at Queen’s University. 240 pages | 3 halftones, 1 line art | 5 7⁄8 x 9 | 2006 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: Geographic Stories 1. I Lost an Arm on My Last Trip Home: Black Geographies Conclusion: Stay Human |
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