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Birthing Black Mothers

Book information

Publisher
Duke University Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9781478021728
DOI
10.1515/9781478021728
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4791048 bytes)
Pages
264\268
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 11:49:12

Description

Jennifer C. Nash examines how the figure of the “Black mother” has become a powerful political category synonymous with crisis, showing how they are often rendered into one-dimensional symbols of tragic heroism and the ground zero of Black life.

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