Athens by Christian Meier
What does it mean for Black women to organize in a political context that has generally ignored them or been unresponsive although Black women have shown themselves an important voting bloc? How for example, does #sayhername translate into a political agenda that manifests itself in specific policies? Shadow Bodies focuses on the positionality of the Black woman's body, which serves as a springboard for helping us think through political and cultural representations. It does so by asking: How do discursive practices, both speech and silences, support and maintain hegemonic understandings of Black womanhood thereby rendering some Black women as shadow bodies, unseen and unremarked upon?Grounded in Black feminist thought, Julia S. Jordan-Zachery looks at the functioning of scripts ascribed to Black women's bodies in the framing of HIV/AIDS, domestic abuse, and mental illness and how such functioning renders some bodies invisible in Black politics in general and Black women's politics specifically.
Meier, Christian: -
Christian Meier is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Munich. He is one of Europe's leading authorities on the late Roman Republic and is the author of 'The Greek Discovery of Politics', 'The Political Art of Greek Tragedy' and 'Caesar'.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780805048407 |
| ISBN 10 | 0805048405 |
| Title | Athens |
| Author | Christian Meier |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Metropolitan Books |
| Year published | 1998-09-16 |
| Number of pages | 640 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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