Resisting state violence : radicalism, gender, and race in U.S. culture / Joy James ; foreword by Angela Y. Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

James, Joy, 1958- author.

Contributor:

Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- writer of supplemental textual content.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minority women--Political activity--United States.

Minority women.

Political culture--United States.

Political culture.

Minority women--Political activity.

United States.

Racism--United States.

Racism.

Violence--United States.

Violence.

United States--Race relations.

Race relations.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 265 pages)

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, [1996]

Language Note:

English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

African American scholar-activist Joy James offers a stimulating and iconoclastic account of a world in which the United States functions as the political-police center. Resisting State Violence is a clear-sighted and uncompromising guidebook for those who want to understand the forces that hinder social change, and to effectively move beyond them.

Contents:

Foreword; Preface: Reading ... Resistance ... ; Acknowledgments; Part I. Rage and Resistance Lessons: Political Life and Theory; Part II. Colonial Hangovers: U.S. Policies at Home and Abroad; Part III. Cultural Politics: Black Women and Sexual Violence; Part IV. Teaching, Community, and Political Activism; Conclusion: United Nations Conventions, Antiracist Feminisms, and Coalition Politics; Notes; Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: James, Joy, 1958- Resisting state violence.

ISBN:

9780816687459

0816687455

OCLC:

614485462

Publisher Number:

10.5749/j.ctttsmmf

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.