Shadow bodies : Black women, ideology, representation, and politics / Julia S. Jordan-Zachery.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jordan-Zachery, Julia S., 1971- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
African American women > Social conditions.
Feminism.
Physical Description:viii, 202 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Different streams of knowledge: theoretically situating this study
  • Inscribing and the black (female) body politic
  • Uncovering talk across time and space: black women elected
  • "Safe, soulful sex": HIV/AIDS talk
  • Killing me softly: narratives on domestic violence and black womanhood
  • "Why so many sisters are mad and sad": talking about black women with mental illnesses
  • Sister speak: using intersectionality in our political and policy strategizing.