Prelude to a Black Gaze 1
Verse One
The Intimacy of Strangers 27
Verse Two
Black (Counter)gravity 43
Verse Three
The Visual Frequency of Black Life 77
Verse Four 
The Slow Lives of Still-Moving-Images 109
Verse Five
Sounding a Black Feminist Chorus 145
Verse Six
Adjacency and the Poethics of Care 167
Reprise 
The Haptic Frequencies of Radical Black Joy 193
Acknowledgments 203
Notes 207
Index 215

Table of Contents

Prelude to a Black Gaze 1
Verse One
The Intimacy of Strangers 27
Verse Two
Black (Counter)gravity 43
Verse Three
The Visual Frequency of Black Life 77
Verse Four 
The Slow Lives of Still-Moving-Images 109
Verse Five
Sounding a Black Feminist Chorus 145
Verse Six
Adjacency and the Poethics of Care 167
Reprise 
The Haptic Frequencies of Radical Black Joy 193
Acknowledgments 203
Notes 207
Index 215

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