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Report // Erin Forbes (University of Bristol) & Bridget Bennett (University of Leeds), "African American Letters," 30 April 2024

Year: 2024

Type: other

Abstract: Link to the original event here. Thinking through the intertwined histories of racialisation and criminalisation, Erin Forbes (University of Bristol) turned her attention to the genre of eighteenth-century gallows literature, focusing specifically on the origins of the concept of criminal genius, which, she demonstrated, took root in the lived experiences of disenfranchised people. Using a methodology that she terms “corpus convicti,” designed to decouple humanity—particularly the humanity o...

Source: Industrias Culturais (Universidade de Coimbra)

DOI: 10.58079/129ln

Author: Anna Shmatenko

Language: English

Topic: Literature: history, themes, analysis

Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6936935913

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