{"product_id":"territories-of-the-soul-9780822359289","title":"Territories of the Soul","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNadia Ellis theorizes the experience of belonging to the African diaspora as living within the space between the land and the soul. She uses a utopian concept of queerness and analyses of African American and Caribbean writers, musicians, and artists to show how diaspora is a mode of feeling and belonging.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTerritories of the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e offers a powerful reconceptualization of the African diaspora. . . . Ellis presents an important new way of seeing and writing diaspora, one that challenges queer theory and diaspora studies to explore the structural similarities of black diaspora and queer identity.\" -- Leah Rosenberg * African American Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTerritories of the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e provides a compelling and interrogative look into black life and black culture and the idea of transcendence through the concept of the imagination and land spatiality in a queered diaspora.\" -- Palimpsest Editorial Collective * Palimpsest *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  ix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. The Queer Elsewhere of Black Diaspora  1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Attachments of C. L. R. James  18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Fraternal Agonies of Baldwin and Lamming  62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Andrew Salkey and the Queer Diasporic  95\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Burning Spear and Nathaniel Mackey at Large  147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue. Dancehall's Urban Possessions  177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes  192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  221\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index  233","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406088905047,"sku":"9780822359289","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822359289.jpg?v=1730494485","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/territories-of-the-soul-9780822359289","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}