The Delectable Negro: Human Consumption and Homoeroticism within US Slave Culture (Sexual Cultures, 34)

The Delectable Negro is a groundbreaking book that uncovers the hidden connections between homoeroticism, cannibalism, and cultures of consumption in the context of American literature and US slave culture.

Through a comprehensive analysis of African American literature and culture, including slave narratives, runaway slave advertisements, and Black newspapers from the nineteenth century, Vincent Woodard sheds light on the racial assumptions, political aspirations, gender codes, and philosophical frameworks that dictated both European and white American arousal towards Black males and hunger for Black male flesh.

This thought-provoking book challenges readers to reconsider their understanding of race, sexuality, and power in America, and is sure to spark important conversations and debates.

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