Birthing Black Mothers

by Jennifer C. Nash

Book Overview

In Birthing Black Mothers Black feminist theorist Jennifer C. Nash examines how the figure of the "Black mother" has become a powerful political category. "Mothering while Black" has become synonymous with crisis as well as a site of cultural interest, empathy, fascination, and support. Cast as suffering and traumatized by their proximity to Black death--especially through medical racism and state-sanctioned police violence--Black mothers are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478014423
• ISBN13: 9781478014423
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"