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Jasmine Nichole Cobb

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Earl D. McLean Jr. Professor of African and African American Studies
African & African American Studies
jasmine.cobb@duke.edu
Box 90252, Durham, NC 27708
1316 Campus Drive, Durham, NC 27708
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Scholarly Works - Books

New Growth The Art and Texture of Black Hair

Book · January 20, 2023 In New Growth Jasmine Nichole Cobb traces the history of Afro-textured coiffure, exploring it as a visual material through which to reimagine the sensual experience of Blackness. ... Cite

African American Literature in Transition, 1800-1830: Volume 2, 1800-1830

Book · May 31, 2021 Accordingly, this volume takes a thematic approach to African American literature from 1800 to 1830, exploring Black organizational life before 1830, movement and mobility in African American literature, and print culture in circulation, ... ... Cite

AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE IN TRANSITION, 1800-1830

Book · January 1, 2021 African American literature in the years between 1800 and 1830 emerged from significant transitions in the cultural, technological, and political circulation of ideas. Transformations included increased numbers of Black organizations, shifts in the physica ... Full text Cite

Picture Freedom Remaking Black Visuality in the Early Nineteenth Century

Book · April 3, 2015 In Picture Freedom, Jasmine Nichole Cobb analyzes the ways in which the circulation of various images prepared free Blacks and free Whites for the emancipation of formerly unfree people of African descent. ... Cite