Focuses on the positionality of the Black woman's body, which serves as a springboard for helping us think through political and cultural representations. Shadow Bodies does so by asking: How do discursive practices support and maintain hegemonic understandings of Black womanhood thereby rendering some Black women as shadow bodies, unseen and unremarked upon?
Focuses on the positionality of the Black woman's body, which serves as a springboard for helping us think through political and cultural representations. < em>Shadow Bodies does so by asking: How do discursive practices support and maintain hegemonic understandings of Black womanhood thereby rendering some Black women as shadow bodies, unseen and unremarked upon?Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
JULIA S. JORDAN-ZACHERY is a professor of public and community service and director of the Black Studies Program at Providence College in Rhode Island. She is the author of the award-winning book Black Women, Cultural Images, and Social Policy.
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Preface vii Introduction 1 1 Different Streams of Knowledge: Theoretically Situating This Study 19 2 Inscribing and the Black (Female) Body Politic 30 3 Uncovering Talk across Time and Space: Black Women Elected Officials, Essence and Ebony, and Black Female Bloggers 52 4 “Safe, Soulful Sex”: HIV/AIDS Talk 76 5 Killing Me Softly: Narratives on Domestic Violence and Black Womanhood 101 6 “Why So Many Sisters Are Mad and Sad”: Talking about Black Women with Mental Illnesses 124 7 Sister Speak: Using Intersectionality in Our Political and Policy Strategizing 140 Appendix 157 Acknowledgments 163 Notes 165 References 169 Index 195
Preface vii Introduction 1 1 Different Streams of Knowledge: Theoretically Situating This Study 19 2 Inscribing and the Black (Female) Body Politic 30 3 Uncovering Talk across Time and Space: Black Women Elected Officials, Essence and Ebony, and Black Female Bloggers 52 4 “Safe, Soulful Sex”: HIV/AIDS Talk 76 5 Killing Me Softly: Narratives on Domestic Violence and Black Womanhood 101 6 “Why So Many Sisters Are Mad and Sad”: Talking about Black Women with Mental Illnesses 124 7 Sister Speak: Using Intersectionality in Our Political and Policy Strategizing 140 Appendix 157 Acknowledgments 163 Notes 165 References 169 Index 195
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