Angela J. Hattery, Earl Smith

Policing Black Bodies (eBook, PDF)

How Black Lives Are Surveilled and How to Work for Change

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

"An essential work that advances an acute awareness of our responsibility to make society equitable for all." Library Journal, Starred Review In this provocative book, the authors connect the regulation of African American people in many settings into a powerful narrative. Completely updated throughout, the book now includes a new chapter on policing black athletes' bodies, and expanded coverage of the Black Lives Matter movement, policing trans bodies, and policing Black women's bodies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881850012
• Artikelnr.: 74841272

Autorenporträt

Angela J. Hattery is professor of women and gender studies and co-director of the Center for the Study and Prevention of Gender Based Violence at the University of Delaware. Her books include Intimate Partner Violence.

Earl Smith is emeritus professor at Wake Forest University. He is the author or editor of several books, including Race, Sport, and the American Dream.

Together they are the authors of African American Families Today: Myths and Realities.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Setting the Stage 2 Urban Riots and Protest, or a Logical Response to
Policing Black Bodies 3 Mass Incarceration 4 School-to-Prison Pipeline 5
The Prison-Industrial Complex: The New Plantation Economy 6 Policing Black
Women's Bodies 7 Policing Trans Bodies 8 Police Killings of Unarmed Black
Men 9 The Ultimate Failure: Exoneration 10 Intersectionality, Color-Blind
Racism, and a Call to Action Appendix A: High-Profile Police Shootings of
Black Men and the Outcomes Appendix B: Resources