Black Women in Politics: Identity, Power, and Justice in the New Millennium

ISBN-13: 9781138519695 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 211 str.

Michael Mitchell

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The research included in this volume examines the competing pressures felt by black women as political agents in the domains of elections, public policy, and social activism

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Editors' Note

Guest Editors' Note

Special Issue Articles

Why Political Scientists Don't Study Black Women, But Historians and Sociologists Do: On Intersectionality and the Remapping of the Study of Black Political Women Nikol
Alexander-Floyd

"I Ain't Your Darn Help": Black Women as the Help in Intersectionality Research in Political Science
Julia S. Jordan-Zachery

(Black) Papa Knows Best: Marion Barry and the Appeal to Black Authoritarian Discourse
Rosemary Ndubuizu

"Talking" about Gender While Ignoring Race and Class: A Discourse Analysis of Pay Equity Debates
Julia S. Jordan-Zachery and Salida Wilson

Influencing the Political Agenda from the Outside: A Comparative Study of Hausa Women's NGOs and CBOs in Kano, Nigeria
Adryan Wallace

Black Women's Pathways to the Statehouse: The Impact of Race/Gender Identities
Nadia E. Brown

Taking to the Airwaves: Using Content Analyses of Survey Toplines and Filmographies to Test the "Michelle Obama Image Transformation" (MOIT) Hypothesis
Ray Block Jr. and Christina S. Haynes

Research Article: Black Urban Leadership

Black Mayoral Leadership in New Orleans: Minority Incorporation Revisited
Stefanie Chambers and William E. Nelson, Jr.

Current Issue Analysis: The Supreme Court's Shelby County v. Holder Decision

Reflections on Shelby v. Holder
Christina Rivers

Trends

Black Women State Legislators Electoral Trend Data 1995 2011
B. D'Andra Orey and Nadia E. Brown

Book Reviews

Book Reviews: Special Issue on Black Women in Politics
Tiffany Willoughby-Herard

Swarns, Rachel L. American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama,
reviewed by Wendy G. Smooth

Foster, Frances Smith, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, and Stanlie M. James, eds. Still Brave: The Evolution of Black Women's Studies,
reviewed by Brittany Lewis

Blackwell, Maylei. !Chicana Power! Contested Histories of Feminism in the Chicano Movement,
reviewed by T. Jackie Cuevas

Tucker-Worgs, Tamelyn. The Black Megachurch: Theology, Gender, and the Politics of Public Engagement,
reviewed by Stephanie Y. Mitchem

Harris-Perry, Melissa. Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America (For Colored Girls Who've Considered Politics When Being Strong Isn't Enough),
reviewed by Nadia E. Brown

McKittrick, Katherine. Demonic Grounds: Black Women and the Cartographies of Struggle,
reviewed by Zenzele Isoke

Nealy, Lisa Nikol. African American Women Voters: Racializing Religiosity, Political Consciousness, and Progressive Political Action in U.S. Presidential Elections from 1964 through 2008,
reviewed by Hanes Walton, Jr .

Levi, Robin, and Ayelet Waldman, eds. Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives from Women's Prisons , Foreword by Michelle Alexander; Richie, Beth E. Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America's Prison Nation ; Shigematsu, Setsu, Cameron Granadino, and Jolie Chea. Visions of Abolition: From Critical Resistance to a New Way of Life ,
reviewed by Ofelia Cuevas

Moore, Mignon R. Invisible Families: Gay Identities, Relationships, and Motherhood among Black Women,
reviewed by E. Patrick Johnson

Clay, Andreana. The Hip-Hop Generation Fights Back: Youth, Activism, and Post-Civil Rights Politics,
reviewed by H. L. T. Quan

Cohen, Cathy. Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American Politics,
reviewed by Melina Abdullah

The Editors: A Note on Passing: William (Nick) Nelson and Hanes Walton, Jr.

Invitation to the Scholarly Community

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Michael Mitchell