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6. “How Very American”

Black Feminist Literature and the Occult of Paranoia
  • Erica R. Edwards
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The Other Side of Terror
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© 2021 New York University Press, New York, USA

© 2021 New York University Press, New York, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Introduction: What Was to Come 1
  4. Part I Imperial Grammars
  5. 1. Inform Our Dreams 35
  6. 2. The Imperial Grammars of Blackness 81
  7. 3. “What Kind of Skeeza?” 134
  8. Part II Insurgent Grammars
  9. 4. Scenes of Incorporation; or, Passing Through 185
  10. 5. Perfect Grammar 212
  11. 6. “How Very American” 266
  12. Afterword 309
  13. Acknowledgments 315
  14. Notes 319
  15. Bibliography 347
  16. Index 369
  17. About the Author 389
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479808427.003.0007

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Introduction: What Was to Come 1
  4. Part I Imperial Grammars
  5. 1. Inform Our Dreams 35
  6. 2. The Imperial Grammars of Blackness 81
  7. 3. “What Kind of Skeeza?” 134
  8. Part II Insurgent Grammars
  9. 4. Scenes of Incorporation; or, Passing Through 185
  10. 5. Perfect Grammar 212
  11. 6. “How Very American” 266
  12. Afterword 309
  13. Acknowledgments 315
  14. Notes 319
  15. Bibliography 347
  16. Index 369
  17. About the Author 389
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