Tara T. Green Livres

Focusing on the creative responses to the Middle Passage, Tara T. Green explores how African-descended artists and writers from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have reinterpreted this historical trauma. She highlights their efforts to transform the Middle Passage from a symbol of suffering into one of resilience and understanding. By addressing the legacy of resistance against "social death," these creators affirm the significance of Black life and contribute to a broader discourse on identity and change.

"Examining the works of Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Malcolm X, and Barack Obama, Green portrays the intersecting experiences of generations of black men during the twentieth century both before and after the civil rights movement, revealing the impact of fatherlessness on racial and gender identity formation"--Provided by publisher

Introduction: Pleasure is all mine -- Finding Yolande Du Bois's pleasure -- Lena Horne and respectable pleasure -- Moms Mabley and the art of pleasure -- Memphis Minnie and songs of pleasure -- Pleasurable resistance in Langston Hughes's Not without laughter -- Conclusion: Black feminist musings from nature, the context of pleasure in 2020.