Christina Sharpe

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

Christina Sharpe
OccupationProfessor
Academic background
Education

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.
  3. Elizabeth., Sharpe, Christina (2010). Monstrous intimacies : making post-slavery subjects. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822345916. OCLC 574955806.
  4. "profile of Christina Sharpe". The Conversation. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  5. "Christina Sharpe CV" (PDF). Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  6. "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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