{"product_id":"scenes-of-subjection-by-saidiya-hartman-9781800819962","title":"Scenes of Subjection","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this radical re-evaluation of American history, Saidiya Hartman uses her singular talents to create a striking portrait of nineteenth-century slavery and its many afterlives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy turning critical attention away from the 'terrible spectacle' of the popular imagination, a fuller understanding of the atrocity can be reached by looking instead toward its characteristic forms of routine terror and quotidian violence. \u003cem\u003eScenes of Subjection\u003c\/em\u003e examines these forms of domination that usually go undetected: the encroachments of power that take place through notions of humanity, enjoyment, and consent and the roots of Enlightenment ideals in racial subjugation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDelving into what has been withheld and overlooked at the margins of the historical archive, Hartman starkly illuminates the interconnected nature of enslavement, image-making, and present-day racism—and the possibilities for Black resistance, redress, and transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a work as resonant today as it was on first publication, the updated edition features a new preface by the author, a foreword by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, an afterword by Marisa J. Fuentes and Sarah Haley, notations with Cameron Rowland, and compositions by Torkwase Dyson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46551315874028,"sku":"9781800819962","price":34.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4299713482829.jpg?v=1750003180","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/scenes-of-subjection-by-saidiya-hartman-9781800819962","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}