Being Property Once Myself: Blackness and the End of Man

Throughout US history, black people have been configured as sociolegal nonpersons. Joshua Bennett explores the place of animality in works by Richard Wright, Toni Morrison, Jesmyn Ward, and other black writers, delving into the literary imagination and ethical concerns that emerge from being viewed as a subgenre of the human.

• | Author: Joshua Bennett
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 08, 2022
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780674271166
• | ISBN-10: 0674271165