Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals
Saidiya Hartman
Explore the radical social transformation of black intimate life in early 20th century Philadelphia and New York with Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments. Author Saidiya Hartman examines the sweeping changes that challenged traditional Victorian beliefs about courtship, love, and marriage. Through the stories of young black women who desired a different existence than domestic service and respectable poverty, Hartman shows how they shaped a cultural movement that transformed the urban landscape. This deeply researched and beautifully written book recovers their radical aspirations and insurgent desires.
Publish Date
2020-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
2020-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 2019
Goodreads Rating
4.48
ISBN
9780393357622
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2020-07-17T21:39:41.000Z
When I met Saidiya Hartman in 2019, I told her I was an anarchist and thanked her for centering the anarchism of young Black women in her glorious book, Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments. – source2021-03-08T14:14:32.000Z
To honour #IWD2021, let me tell you about some books written by women that I read since the last IWD & that I loved:
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments - Saidiya Hartman
The Argonauts - Maggie Nelson
Motherwell: A Memoir - Deborah Orr
The Mermaid of Black Conch - @moniqueroffey – source