Fugitive Science - 9781479847662

Fugitive ScienceEmpiricism and Freedom in Early African American Culture\nAuthor(s): Britt Rusert\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9781479847662, 978-1479847662\nSynopsis\nHonorable Mention, 2019 MLA Prize for a First Book \n Sole Finalist Mention for the 2018 Lora Romero First Book Prize, presented by the American Studies Association\n Exposes the influential work of a group of black artists to confront and refute scientific racism. \n Traversing the archives of early African American literature, performance, and visual culture, Britt Rusert uncovers the dynamic experiments of a group of black writers, artists, and performers. Fugitive Science chronicles a little-known story about race and science in America. While the history of scientific racism in the nineteenth century has been well-documented, there was also a counter-movement of African Americans who worked to refute its claims. \n Far from re.