Black, quare, and then to where : theories of justice and Black sexual ethics / jennifer susanne leath.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

leath, jennifer susanne, 1981- author.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Religious cultures of African and African diaspora people

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maat (Egyptian deity).

Maat.

Sexual ethics.

Religion and ethics.

Womanist theology.

Black people--Sexual behavior--Moral and ethical aspects.

Black people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 331 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

Theories of justice and Black sexual ethics

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2023.

Summary:

"In Black, Quare, and Then to Where jennifer susanne leath explores the relationship between Afrodiasporic theories of justice and Black sexual ethics through a womanist engagement with Ma'at-the ancient Egyptian deity of justice and truth. Ma'at took into account the historical and cultural context of each human's life, thus encompassing nuances of politics, race, gender, and sexuality. Arguing that Ma'at should serve as a foundation for reconfiguring Black sexual ethics, leath applies ancient Egyptian moral codes to quare ethics of the erotic, expanding what relationships and democratic practices might look like from a contemporary Ma'atian perspective. She also draws on Pan-Africanism and examines the work of Alice Walker, E. Patrick Johnson, Cheikh Anta Diop, Sylvia Wynter, Sun Ra, and others. She shows that together, these thinkers and traditions inform and expand the possibilities of Ma'atian justice with respect to Black sexual experiences. As a moral force, leath contends, Ma'at opens new possibilities for mapping ethical frameworks to understand, redefine, and imagine justices in the United States"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introducing Maât

Quare-Womanist-Vindicationist Movement

A Prolegomenon to Justice Hermeneutics and Black Sexual Ethics

Naming (and Transforming) Justice: (Re)Imagining Black Sexual Ethics

Justices

Flying Justice: Sun Ra's Sexuality and Other Afrofutures

Heterexpectations: Jumping the Broom, Marriage, Democracy, and Entanglement Theory

Dancing Justice: Just Black HomoSexualities

Ancient Mixologies: Joel Augustus Rogers and Puzzling Interracial Intimacies

Black Web: Disrupting Transnational Pornographies for Post(trans)national Humanalities

Re-covering Maât.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: leath, jennifer susanne, 1981- Black, quare, and then to where.

ISBN:

9781478027140

1478027142

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Restricted for use by site license.