Black Woman’s Burden - Commodifying Black Reproduction

Sommario

PART I: WHY BLACK REPRODUCTION? Introduction The Significance of Social Rhetoric On Historical Materialist Theory& Method Applying the Historical Materialist Paradigm PART II: SLAVERY MATTERS! Becoming Instruments of Production This the White Man's Burden Or Ours? Age Old Pimpin': Exploitative Reproductive Policies PART III: EMANCIPATED…NOT LIBERATED Labour in the Industrial Age Becoming a Social Problem Morons, Mental Defectives, Prostitutes,& Dope Fiends: Restrictive Reproductive Policies PART IV: A BRAND NEW DAY Global Capitalism in the Electronic Age Pathologizing the Black Woman She's Out of Control: Controlling Reproductive Policies Vilifying Black Motherhood Gettin' Your Tubes Tied: Coercive Reproductive Policies PART V: TOWARD A THEORY ON THE COMMODIFICATION OF BLACK WOMEN'S REPRODUCTION Rationalizing Commodification Social Rhetoric as a Hegemonic Tool Commodifying Black Reproduction PART VI: LIBERATION Finding Freedom Notes Key Concepts and Definitions Bibliography Index

Info autore

NICOLE ROUSSEAU is assistant professor in the department of Sociology at Kent State University, USA.

Riassunto

Black Woman's Burden examines the historical endeavors to regulate Black female sexuality and reproduction in the United States through methods of exploitation, control, repression, and coercion.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: N Rousseau, N. Rousseau
• Editore: Springer Nature EN
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.11.2015
• Pagine: 227
• Peso: 312 g
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; B, Gender Studies, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Africa, Anthropology, Ethnicity, Sociology, general, Gender studies, gender groups, History of the Americas, Ethnicity Studies, Race and Ethnicity Studies, America—History, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, African Culture, Ethnology—Africa, female sex;liberty;methods;USA;women