Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction and the Meaning of Liberty

By: Dorothy Roberts

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Synopsis: This is a no-holds-barred response to the liberal and conservative retreat from an assertive, activist, and socially transformative civil rights agenda of recent years--using a black feminist lens and the issue of the impact of recent legislation, social policy, and welfare "reform" on black women's--especially poor black women's--control over their bodies' autonomy and their freedom to bear and raise children with respect and dignity in a society whose white mainstream is determined to demonize, even criminalize their lives. It gives its readers a cogent legal and historical argument for a radically new, and socially transformative, definition of "liberty" and "equality" for the American polity from a black feminist perspective.

Book Quality:: Excellent
Book Size:: 374 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780679442264
Publisher:: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date of Addition:: 02/18/11
Copyrighted By:: Dorothy Roberts
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Medicine
Submitted By:: Daproim Africa
Proofread By:: Daproim Africa
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.