The countless retellings and reimaginings of the private and public lives of Phillis Wheatley, Sally Hemings, Sarah Baartman, Mary Seacole, and Sarah Forbes Bonetta have transformed them into difficult cultural and Black feminist icons.
Drawing on a variety of media, cultural, legal, and critical sources, Pinto shows.
In Infamous Bodies , Samantha Pinto explores how histories of these Black women and their ongoing fame generate new ways of imagining Black feminist futures.
The countless retellings and reimaginings of the private and public lives of Phillis Wheatley, Sally Hemings, Sarah Baartman, Mary Seacole, and Sarah Forbes Bonetta have transformed them into difficult cultural and Black feminist icons