Re-Imagining Black Women: A Critique of Post-Feminist and Post-Racial Melodrama in Culture and Politics

Re-Imagining Black Women is a Black feminist interrogation that explores how Black women are understood in our political imagination and often become the subjects of public controversy. It examines our conflicting ideas, opinions, and narratives about Black women, showing how they are equally revered and reviled as an embodiment of good and evil.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 304 pages
\n Publication date: 13 April 2021
\n Publisher: New York University Press
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Winner of the W.E.B. DuBois Distinguished Book Award, given by the National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Re-Imagining Black Women is a groundbreaking Black feminist interrogation that spans from the #MeToo movement to the legacy of gender-based violence against Black women. In this thought-provoking book, Nikol G. Alexander-Floyd delves into how Black women, and Blackness more broadly, are understood in our political imagination and often become the subjects of public controversy. Drawing on a diverse range of disciplines such as politics, popular culture, psychoanalysis, and more, Alexander-Floyd examines our conflicting ideas, opinions, and narratives about Black women, revealing how they are both revered and reviled as embodiments of good and evil, cast as victims or villains, citizens or outsiders. Ultimately, Alexander-Floyd showcases the complex experiences of Black women as political subjects, providing valuable insights into the roles that Black women play and are expected to play in politics and popular culture. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the multifaceted perspectives of Black women and their contributions to society.

\n Weight: 466g\n
Dimension: 229 x 151 x 22 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781479850891\n \n