Resistance reimagined black women's critical thought as survival / Regis M. Fox.

Author/creator Fox, Regis M.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoGainesville ; Tallahassee ; Tampa : University Press of Florida, [2017]
Descriptionxviii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
African American women--History.
African American women--Political activity. --History.
African American women civil rights workers--History.
African Americans--Civil rights. --History.
African American women political activists--History.
African Americans--Social life and customs.

Contents Prologue: Naming black women's ideology critique -- Introduction: Resistance and legitimacy -- "They won't believe what i say": theorizing freedom as an economy of violence -- The production of "emancipation": race, ritual, and the reconstitution of the antebellum order -- "Wondering under which head i come": sounding Anna Julia Cooper's Fin-de-Siècle song -- "Mammy ain't nobody name": Power, privilege and the bodying forth of resistance -- Conclusion: Roll call.
Abstract The book analyzes black women's engagement with the liberal problematic--the gap between democratic promise and dispossession--as a form of resistance.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017030400
ISBN9780813056586 (cloth : alk. paper)