{"product_id":"eating-the-black-body-miscegenation-as-sexual-consumption-in-african-american-literature-and-culture-paperback","title":"Eating the Black Body: Miscegenation as Sexual Consumption in African American Literature and Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarlyle V. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Other), \u003cb\u003eCarlyle V. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this provocative and original exploration of racial subjugation and its aftermath, Carlyle Van Thompson illumines the racialized sexual desire that reduces Black people to commodities for consumption. \u003ci\u003eEating the Black Body\u003c\/i\u003e examines the often-sadistic forms of sexual violence during the period of slavery and its aftermath. By looking at one poem and three novels - Richard Wright's \u003ci\u003eBetween the World and Me\u003c\/i\u003e, John Oliver Killens' \u003ci\u003eYoungblood, \u003c\/i\u003e Gayl Jones' \u003ci\u003eCorregidora, \u003c\/i\u003e and Octavia Butler's \u003ci\u003eKindred\u003c\/i\u003e - that examine slavery and the Jim Crow period, Thompson investigates a wide variety of Black bodies as sites of miscegenation and sexual desire. Thompson also examines a horrific case of White male police brutality in New York City in which a Black man was sodomized. Bold and persuasively argued, \u003ci\u003eEating the Black Body\u003c\/i\u003e will engage readers in a broad range of literary, historical, and cultural studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Author: Carlyle Van Thompson is Associate Professor of African American and American literature at Medgar Evers College, the City University of New York. He received his Ph.D. in English and comparative literature from Columbia University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tragic Black Buck: Racial Masquerading in the American Literary Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e (Peter Lang, 2004), as well as numerous articles in professional journals and book reviews.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 231\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 27, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47520514834653,"sku":"9780820479316","price":82.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/Mwg9lxNgiE9780820479316.webp?v=1772244686","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/eating-the-black-body-miscegenation-as-sexual-consumption-in-african-american-literature-and-culture-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}