Hemispheric Blackness: Bodies, Policies, and the Exigency of Accountability in the Afro-Americas

Hemispheric Blackness and the Exigencies of Accountability explores how Afrodescendant and Black communities use land, law, and bodies to assert their presence across South, Central, and North America, demanding recognition of ancestral lands, responsive policies, and human rights. This conceptualization of hemispheric Blackness challenges the historical loss, dismissal, and disparagement of Black lives and examines contemporary manifestations of sovereignty, Black-Indigenous nexuses, and national revisions.

Format: Hardback
Length: 260 pages
Publication date: 28 December 2022
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Hemispheric Blackness and the Exigencies of Accountability delves into the profound ways in which Afrodescendant and Black communities across South, Central, and North America harness the land they inhabit, the rule of law, and their own bodies to assert their enduring historical, ontological, and physical presence. Their relentless pursuit of recognition for ancestral lands, responsive policies, and human rights unveils a fresh perspective on their ever-present yet fragile existence throughout the region. The authors contend that by embracing a discourse of transcontinental historical continuity, Black communities assert their presence in local, national, and international political arenas. This conceptualization of hemispheric Blackness serves as a powerful response to the historical marginalization, dismissal, and disparagement of Black lives across the Americas. Through a comprehensive examination of twelve case studies spanning diverse locations, their work uncovers contemporary manifestations of Black sovereignty, Black-Indigenous connections, and national revisions that challenge over a century of denial and state unaccountability in the hemisphere.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780822947226