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"Living Cargo is an elegant and beautifully imagined book that reactivates archival records and makes them speak anew."—Shane Vogel, Indiana University

"Grounded in rigorous theoretical inquiry, archival research, and sophisticated textual analysis, Living Cargo is a rich and nuanced contribution to black Atlantic studies, gender and sexuality studies, and cultural theory."—Nicole Fleetwood, Rutgers University



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Contents
Introduction. History Unhoused: Performing the Life of Human Bio-Cargo
Part I. History and Human Cargo
1. Beautiful Remnants, Brutal Remains: Dwelling on the Melancholy Archive
2. Living Rough: The Disposition and Dispensation of Aleatory Life
Part II. Assembling Human Bio-Cargo
3. Compound Fractures: Archival Constellations, Narrative Violations
4. Blood Pressures: Queer Inheritance and Intimate Affiliations
Part III. Exorbitant Life in an Age of Austerity
5. Bespoke History: Redressing the Past, Tailoring the Present, Fashioning the Future
6. @Bristol: Dissident Publics in a Neoliberal City
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

Living Cargo How Black Britain Performs Its Past

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      Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
      Publication Date: 15/10/2016
      ISBN13: 9780816697144, 978-0816697144
      ISBN10: 0816697140

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      "Living Cargo is an elegant and beautifully imagined book that reactivates archival records and makes them speak anew."—Shane Vogel, Indiana University

      "Grounded in rigorous theoretical inquiry, archival research, and sophisticated textual analysis, Living Cargo is a rich and nuanced contribution to black Atlantic studies, gender and sexuality studies, and cultural theory."—Nicole Fleetwood, Rutgers University



      Table of Contents

      Contents
      Introduction. History Unhoused: Performing the Life of Human Bio-Cargo
      Part I. History and Human Cargo
      1. Beautiful Remnants, Brutal Remains: Dwelling on the Melancholy Archive
      2. Living Rough: The Disposition and Dispensation of Aleatory Life
      Part II. Assembling Human Bio-Cargo
      3. Compound Fractures: Archival Constellations, Narrative Violations
      4. Blood Pressures: Queer Inheritance and Intimate Affiliations
      Part III. Exorbitant Life in an Age of Austerity
      5. Bespoke History: Redressing the Past, Tailoring the Present, Fashioning the Future
      6. @Bristol: Dissident Publics in a Neoliberal City
      Acknowledgments
      Notes
      Index

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