America, Goddam

Violence, Black Women, and the Struggle for Justice

Author: Treva B. Lindsey
ISBN: 9780520384491

"Required reading for all Americans."―Kirkus ReviewsA powerful account of violence against Black women and girls in the United States and their fight for liberation. Echoing the energy of Nina Simone's searing protest song that inspired the title, this book is a call to action in our collective journey toward just futures.America, Goddam explores the combined force of anti-Blackness, misogyny, patriarchy, and capitalism in the lives of Black women and girls in the United States today. Through personal accounts and hard-hitting analysis, Black feminist historian Treva B. Lindsey starkly assesses the forms and legacies of violence against Black women and girls, as well as their demands for justice for themselves and their communities. Combining history, theory, and memoir, America, Goddam renders visible the gender dynamics of anti-Black violence. Black women and girls occupy a unique status of vulnerability to harm and death, while the circumstances and traumas of this violence

Publisher: Univ of California Press
Publish Date: 2022-04-05

Subjects: Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social Science / Violence in Society, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies, Social Science / Race & Ethnic Relations, History / African American & Black, Social Science / Gender Studies, Political Science / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: African-American/Black Studies)