Black Woman's Burden: Commodifying Black Reproduction
Nicole Rousseau
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Description for Black Woman's Burden: Commodifying Black Reproduction
Hardcover. This book examines the historical endeavors to regulate Black female sexuality and reproduction in the United States, through methods of exploitation, control, and repression. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
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. The myth of the "angry Black woman" has been built over generations through clever rhetoric and oppressive social policy. Here, Rousseau explores the continued impact of labeling and stereotyping on the development of policies that lead to the construction of national, racial, and gender identities for Black women.
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. The myth of the "angry Black woman" has been built over generations through clever rhetoric and oppressive social policy. Here, Rousseau explores the continued impact of labeling and stereotyping on the development of policies that lead to the construction of national, racial, and gender identities for Black women.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
227
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230615304
SKU
V9780230615304
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Ref
99-15
About Nicole Rousseau
NICOLE ROUSSEAU is assistant professor in the department of Sociology at Kent State University, USA.
Reviews for Black Woman's Burden: Commodifying Black Reproduction
"A well researched, well written, and historically imperative work that adds racial, political, and economic context to the issue of reproductive rights. Black Woman s Burden will likely inform future reproductive rights research in considering the relevance of social rhetoric, and political and economic climates in the examination of women s experiences." - Journal of African American Studies"Rousseau engages the ... Read more