Extravagant Abjection: Blackness, Power, and Sexuality in the African American Literary Imagination (Sexual Cultures Book 17)
In Extravagant Abjection, Darieck Scott examines how blackness, power, and sexuality intersect within the African American literary imagination. Framed as a work of literary and cultural criticism, this volume explores the meanings of identity, authority, and sexual representation through the concept of extravagant abjection.
About This Book
Extravagant Abjection explores the relationships among blackness, power, and sexuality in the African American literary imagination.
Darieck Scott offers a focused work of literary and cultural criticism centered on the idea of extravagant abjection.
Part of the Sexual Cultures series, the book considers how literature engages with questions of identity, authority, and sexual meaning.
This title is suited to readers interested in African American literature, cultural theory, sexuality studies, and representations of power.
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