Wicked Flesh: Black Women, Intimacy, and Freedom in the Atlantic World

by Jessica Marie Johnson

Book Overview

The story of freedom pivots on the choices black women made to retain control over their bodies and selves, their loved ones, and their futures.

The story of freedom and all of its ambiguities begins with intimate acts steeped in power. It is shaped by the peculiar oppressions faced by African women and women of African descent. And it pivots on the self-conscious choices black women made to retain control over their bodies and selves,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1512823708
• ISBN13: 9781512823707
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"