Black Women in Politics

Identity, Power, and Justice in the New Millennium
Herausgeber: Mitchell, Michael

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The research included in this volume examines the competing pressures felt by black women as political agents in the domains of elections, public policy, and social activism

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9781412854696
• ISBN-10: 1412854695
• Artikelnr.: 40868021

Autorenporträt

Michael Mitchell

Inhaltsangabe

Editors' Note
Guest Editors' Note
Special Issue Articles
Why Political Scientists Don't Study Black Women, But Historians and
Sociologists Do: On Intersectionality and the Remapping of the Study of
Black Political Women Nikol
Alexander-Floyd
"I Ain't Your Darn Help": Black Women as the Help in Intersectionality
Research in Political Science
Julia S. Jordan-Zachery
(Black) Papa Knows Best: Marion Barry and the Appeal to Black Authoritarian
Discourse
Rosemary Ndubuizu
"Talking" about Gender While Ignoring Race and Class: A Discourse Analysis
of Pay Equity Debates
Julia S. Jordan-Zachery and Salida Wilson
Influencing the Political Agenda from the Outside: A Comparative Study of
Hausa Women's NGOs and CBOs in Kano, Nigeria
Adryan Wallace
Black Women's Pathways to the Statehouse: The Impact of Race/Gender
Identities
Nadia E. Brown
Taking to the Airwaves: Using Content Analyses of Survey Toplines and
Filmographies to Test the "Michelle Obama Image Transformation" (MOIT)
Hypothesis
Ray Block Jr. and Christina S. Haynes
Research Article: Black Urban Leadership
Black Mayoral Leadership in New Orleans: Minority Incorporation Revisited
Stefanie Chambers and William E. Nelson, Jr.
Current Issue Analysis: The Supreme Court's Shelby County v. Holder
Decision
Reflections on Shelby v. Holder
Christina Rivers
Trends
Black Women State Legislators-Electoral Trend Data 1995-2011
B. D'Andra Orey and Nadia E. Brown
Book Reviews
Book Reviews: Special Issue on Black Women in Politics
Tiffany Willoughby-Herard
Swarns, Rachel L. American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and
Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama,
reviewed by Wendy G. Smooth
Foster, Frances Smith, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, and Stanlie M. James, eds.
Still Brave: The Evolution of Black Women's Studies,
reviewed by Brittany Lewis
Blackwell, Maylei. !Chicana Power! Contested Histories of Feminism in the
Chicano Movement,
reviewed by T. Jackie Cuevas
Tucker-Worgs, Tamelyn. The Black Megachurch: Theology, Gender, and the
Politics of Public Engagement,
reviewed by Stephanie Y. Mitchem
Harris-Perry, Melissa. Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women
in America (For Colored Girls Who've Considered Politics When Being Strong
Isn't Enough),
reviewed by Nadia E. Brown
McKittrick, Katherine. Demonic Grounds: Black Women and the Cartographies
of Struggle,
reviewed by Zenzele Isoke
Nealy, Lisa Nikol. African American Women Voters: Racializing Religiosity,
Political Consciousness, and Progressive Political Action in U.S.
Presidential Elections from 1964 through 2008,
reviewed by Hanes Walton, Jr .
Levi, Robin, and Ayelet Waldman, eds. Inside This Place, Not of It:
Narratives from Women's Prisons , Foreword by Michelle Alexander; Richie,
Beth E. Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America's Prison
Nation ; Shigematsu, Setsu, Cameron Granadino, and Jolie Chea. Visions of
Abolition: From Critical Resistance to a New Way of Life ,
reviewed by Ofelia Cuevas
Moore, Mignon R. Invisible Families: Gay Identities, Relationships, and
Motherhood among Black Women,
reviewed by E. Patrick Johnson
Clay, Andreana. The Hip-Hop Generation Fights Back: Youth, Activism, and
Post-Civil Rights Politics,
reviewed by H. L. T. Quan
Cohen, Cathy. Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American
Politics,
reviewed by Melina Abdullah
The Editors: A Note on Passing: William (Nick) Nelson and Hanes Walton, Jr.
Invitation to the Scholarly Community