In the Wake: On Blackness and Being by Christina Sharpe

In the Wake: On Blackness and Being

Christina Sharpe

175 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy race challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Description

In this original and trenchant work, Christina Sharpe interrogates literary, visual, cinematic, and quotidian representations of Black life that comprise what she calls the "orthography of the wake." Activating multiple registers of "wake"—the pat...

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Moods

reflective 80%
informative 76%
challenging 68%
emotional 52%
dark 32%
inspiring 28%
sad 28%
hopeful 16%
tense 16%
adventurous 4%
mysterious 4%

Pace

medium 52%
slow 38%
fast 9%

Average rating

4.54

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