She Is Weeping: An Intellectual History of Racialized Slavery and Emotions in the Atlantic World

Dannelle Gutarra Cordero's study explores how discourses on emotion create and maintain White supremacy and racism, highlighting the role of scientific theories in the accumulation of power over colonized and racialized people. She Is Weeping provides a new understanding of racialized emotions in the Atlantic World and their contribution to slavery, racial capitalism, racialized sexual violence, and the carceral state.

Format: Hardback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 18 November 2021
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Dannelle Gutarra Cordero's extensive study delves into the intricate interplay between writers, cultural figures, and intellectuals across ancient times to the present, exploring how discourses on emotion have been instrumental in perpetuating White supremacy and racism. Throughout history, scientific theories have wielded significant power over colonized and racialized individuals. Scientific intellectual discourses on race, gender, and sexuality have portrayed Blackness as emotionally distinct, often characterized by both deficiency and excess, in contrast to the emotional benevolence bestowed upon Whiteness. These ideas have simultaneously fueled the development of devastating body politics, by entrenching power structures that perpetuate enslavement.

She Is Weeping, a bold and thought-provoking work, offers a fresh perspective on racialized emotions within the Atlantic World. It sheds light on how these discourses played a crucial role in the rise of slavery, racial capitalism, racialized sexual violence, and the expansion of the carceral state. Through meticulous analysis and compelling storytelling, Cordero challenges prevailing narratives and provides a deeper understanding of the emotional mechanisms that have shaped our world.

This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to unravel the complex web of emotions that have fueled historical oppression and inequality. It offers valuable insights into the historical roots of racialized emotions and their ongoing impact on society. By examining the interplay between emotion, power, and ideology, She Is Weeping contributes to the ongoing conversation about race, justice, and social change.

Weight: 548g
Dimension: 160 x 236 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781316512203
Edition number: New ed