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008			190201s2019 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2018043118
020			_a9780393285673 (hardcover)
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050	0	0	_aE185.86 _b.H379 2019
082	0	0	_a305.488 _223
100	1		_aHartman, Saidiya V., _923092
245	1	0	_aWayward lives, beautiful experiments : _bintimate histories of social upheaval
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aUSA : _bNorton , _c2019 .
263			_a1902
300			_a441 pages
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"In wrestling with the question, "What is a free life?" many young black women created forms of intimacy and kinship indifferent to the dictates of respectability, and outside the bounds of law. They cleaved to and cast off lovers, exchanged sex to subsist, and revised the meaning of marriage. Longing and desire fueled their experiments in how to live. They refused to labor like slaves or to accept degrading conditions of work. Beautifully written, Wayward Lives narrates the story of this radical transformation of black intimate and social life. It re-creates the experience of young black women who desired an existence qualitatively different than the one that had been scripted for them, and, for the first time, credits them with shaping a cultural movement that transformed the urban landscape. Through a melding of history and literary imagination, Wayward Lives seeks to recover the radical aspirations and insurgent desires of these young women."--Provided by publisher.
650		0	_aAfrican American young women _xSocial conditions _y19th century _923093
650		0	_y20th century _923094
650		0	_xSexual behavior _xHistory _923095
650		0	_aSingle women _zUnited States _923096
650		0	_aUrban women _923097
650		0	_aSex customs _923098
650		0	_aProstitution _919719
650		0	_aMan woman relationships _923099
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942			_2ddc _cNFIC _n0
955			_brm15 2019-02-01 _crm15 2019-02-01 (telework)
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