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Christina Sharpe is a scholar of English literature and Black Studies.

Career and research

Her academic research focuses Black visual studies, Black queer studies, and mid-nineteenth century to contemporary African-American Literature and Culture.[1]

She is the author of the books In the Wake: On Blackness and Being[2] and Monstrous Intimacies: Making Post-Slavery Subjects.[3] From 1998 until 2018 she held various positions at Tufts University.[4][5] She is currently a professor at York University's department of humanities in the newly-created Black Canadian Studies certificate program.[6] Her forthcoming publications include a critical introduction to Collected Poems of Dionne Brand (1982-2010) as well as a monograph: Black. Still. Life.[6]

Works (selection)

  • In the Wake: On Blackness and Being. 2016, Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press.
  • Monstrous Intimacies: Making Post-Slavery Subjects. 2010, Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press.

References

  1. ^ "Christina Sharpe - Faculty of Community Services - Ryerson University". www.ryerson.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  2. ^ Elizabeth, Sharpe, Christina (2016-11-14). In the wake : on Blackness and being. Durham. ISBN 9780822362838. OCLC 940520601.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Elizabeth., Sharpe, Christina (2010). Monstrous intimacies : making post-slavery subjects. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822345916. OCLC 574955806.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "profile of Christina Sharpe". The Conversation. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Christina Sharpe CV" (PDF). Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Christina Sharpe, leading scholar in Black Diaspora Studies, joins Black Studies program at York University | Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies". bcs.huma.laps.yorku.ca. Retrieved 2018-10-25.


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