Black Women in Politics | Identity, Power, and Justice in the New Mill

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Black Women in Politics

ABSTRACT

The research included in this volume examines the competing pressures felt by black women as political agents in the domains of elections, public policy, and social activism. Their challenges and initiatives are explored in public spaces, institutional behaviours, and public policy.

The volume features cutting-edge research exploring black women's political engagement. The first group of contributors interrogates the treatment of black women within the discipline of political science. The second group examines the relationship between cultural politics and policymaking. The third and final group outlines the politics of race-gendered identity and black feminist practice.

Black Women in Politics includes chapters on black leadership, radical versus moderate politics in New Orleans, and the Shelby vs. Holder Supreme Court decision. The editors introduce a new series highlighting trends in black politics. Finally, the work notes the passing of William (Nick) Nelson and Hanes Walton, Jr., prominent members of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part 1|1 pages

Special Issue Articles

chapter 1|15 pages

Why Political Scientists Don’t Study Black Women, But Historians and Sociologists Do: On Intersectionality and the Remapping of the Study of Black Political Womens

chapter 2|12 pages

“I Ain’t Your Darn Help”: Black Women as the Help in Intersectionality Research in Political Science

chapter 3|18 pages

(Black) Papa Knows Best: Marion Barry and the Appeal to Black Authoritarian Discourse

chapter 4|17 pages

“Talking” about Gender While Ignoring Race and Class: A Discourse Analysis of Pay Equity Debates

chapter 5|14 pages

Influencing the Political Agenda from the Outside: A Comparative Study of Hausa Women’s NGOs and CBOs in Kano, Nigeria

chapter 6|16 pages

Black Women’s Pathways to the Statehouse: The Impact of Race/Gender Identities

chapter 7|18 pages

Taking to the Airwaves: Using Content Analyses of Survey Toplines and Filmographies to Test the “Michelle Obama Image Transformation” (MOIT) Hypothesis

part 2|1 pages

Research Article: Black Urban Leadership

chapter 8|18 pages

Black Mayoral Leadership in New Orleans: Minority Incorporation Revisited

part 3|1 pages

Current Issue Analysis: The Supreme Court’s Shelby County v. Holder Decision

chapter 9|3 pages

Reflections on Shelby v. Holder

part 4|1 pages

Trends

chapter 10|5 pages

Black Women State Legislators—Electoral Trend Data 1995–2011

part 5|1 pages

Book Reviews

chapter 11|2 pages

Book Reviews: Special Issue on Black Women in Politics

chapter 12|3 pages

Swarns, Rachel L. American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama (New York: Amistad/Harper Collins, 2012), $16.99, 391 pp. ISBN: 978-0-06-199987-1 (trade paperback).

chapter 13|4 pages

Foster, Frances Smith, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, and Stanlie M. James, eds. Still Brave: The Evolution of Black Women’s Studies (New York: Feminist Press at City University of New York, 2009), $18.36, 400 pp. ISBN: 978-1-55861-611-0 (paper).

chapter 14|4 pages

Blackwell, Maylei. ¡Chicana Power! Contested Histories of Feminism in the Chicano Movement (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011), $24.95, 312 pp. ISBN: 978-0-292-72690-1 (paper).

chapter 15|3 pages

Tucker-Worgs, Tamelyn. The Black Megachurch: Theology, Gender, and the Politics of Public Engagement (Baylor University Press, 2011), $39.95, 275 pp. ISBN: 978-1-6025-8422-8 (cloth). Winner of the 2012 W. E. B. DuBois Distinguished Book Award—Presented by the National Conference of Black Political Scientists.

chapter 16|3 pages

Harris-Perry, Melissa. Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America (For Colored Girls Who’ve Considered Politics When Being Strong Isn’t Enough) (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2011), $28.00, 392 pp. ISBN: 978-0-3001-6541-8 (cloth).

chapter 17|4 pages

McKittrick, Katherine. Demonic Grounds: Black Women and the Cartographies of Struggle (Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2006), $22.50, 240 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8166-4702-6 (paper).

chapter 18|3 pages

Nealy, Lisa Nikol. African American Women Voters: Racializing Religiosity, Political Consciousness, and Progressive Political Action in U.S. Presidential Elections from 1964 through 2008 (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2008), $47.50, 314 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7618-4457-0 (paper).

chapter 19|4 pages

Levi, Robin, and Ayelet Waldman, eds. Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives from Women’s Prisons. Foreword by Michelle Alexander (San Francisco, CA: Mc Sweeny’s Books, 2011), $13.00, 300 pp. ISBN: 978-1-936-36550-0 (paper). Richie, Beth E. Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation (New York: New York University Press, 2012), $22.00, 244 pp. ISBN: 978-0-814-77623-0 (paper). Shigematsu, Setsu, Cameron Granadino, and Jolie Chea. Visions of Abolition: From Critical Resistance to a New Way of Life (Oakland, CA: Critical Resistance/PM Press, 2011), $19.95, 92 minutes. ISBN: 978-1-60486-662-9 (DVD).

chapter 20|3 pages

Moore, Mignon R. Invisible Families: Gay Identities, Relationships, and Motherhood among Black Women (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2011), $27.95, 318 pp. ISBN: 978-0-520-26952-1 (cloth).

chapter 21|4 pages

Clay, Andreana. The Hip-Hop Generation Fights Back: Youth, Activism, and Post-Civil Rights Politics (New York: New York University Press, 2012), $23.00, 240 pp. ISBN: 978-0-814-71717-2 (paper).

chapter 22|3 pages

Cohen, Cathy. Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American Politics (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010), $27.95, 304 pp. ISBN: 978-0-19537-800-9 (cloth).

chapter 23|6 pages

The Editors: A Note on Passing: William (Nick) Nelson and Hanes Walton, Jr.