{"product_id":"illegible-will-9780822363200","title":"Illegible Will","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHershini Bhana Young engages with the archive of South African and black diasporic performance to examine the absence of black women's will from that archive, showing that alternative critical imaginings juxtaposed against traditional historical research can help to locate where agency and will may reside.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eIllegible Will\u003c\/i\u003e is a phenomenal book that adds intellectual and theoretical sophistication to the fields of African studies, African history, and African diaspora studies. It has great potential to contribute to the related fields of labor studies, sociology, literary studies, and the performing arts. The book is powerfully written and well researched and is well grounded in the existing scholarship.\" -- Kwaku Nti * Journal of Global South Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Returning to Hankey: Sarah Baartman and Endless Repatriations  29\u003cbr\u003e 2. \"Force Refigured as Consent\": The Strange Case of Tryntjie of Madagascar  73\u003cbr\u003e 3. Performing Debility: Joice Heth and Miss Landmine Angola  109\u003cbr\u003e 4. Slow Death: \"Indian\" Performances of Indenture and Slavery  149\u003cbr\u003e 5. Becoming Undone: Performances of Vulnerability  181\u003cbr\u003e Notes  217\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  249\u003cbr\u003e Index  263","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406100898135,"sku":"9780822363200","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822363200.jpg?v=1730494529","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/illegible-will-9780822363200","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}