Scrap theory : reproductive injustice in the Black feminist imagination / Mali D. Collins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collins, Mali D., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American mothers--Social conditions.

African American mothers.

African American children--Violence against.

African American children.

Reproductive rights--Social aspects.

Reproductive rights.

American literature--African American authors.

American literature.

Haitian American authors--Criticism and interpretation.

Haitian American authors.

Women, Black--Political activity--United States.

Women, Black.

Visual communication in art.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

xiii, 171 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Examines works documenting Black mother-child separation, centering them within reproductive and archival justice movements to illustrate how creative work plays a crucial role in processing racial and maternal trauma. Considers the writings of Margaret Walker, Toni Cade Bambara, M. NourbeSe Philip, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Edwidge Danticat, the critical activism of Erica Garner, and visual/material art by Samaria Rice and Elizabeth Catlett"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Black maternal dispossession in the age of Black Lives Matter

The fictional archive of disappearance

Margaret Walker, Jubilee, and the fight for Black feminist historicity in Alexander v. Haley

The corporal archive of separation in contemporary Black women's cultural production

Refused memorials and the Black feminist archival praxis of Samaria Rice

Conclusion: The Black maternal superbody

Epilogue: The infinitude of Black motherhood.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-165) and index.

ISBN:

9780814215890

0814215890

9780814259474

0814259472

OCLC:

1473927685