Resisting state violence [[electronic resource] ] : radicalism, gender, and race in U.S. culture / / Joy James ; foreword by Angela Y. Davis
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James Joy <1958->
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| Titolo: |
Resisting state violence [[electronic resource] ] : radicalism, gender, and race in U.S. culture / / Joy James ; foreword by Angela Y. Davis
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| Pubblicazione: | Minneapolis, Minn., : University of Minnesota Press, c1996 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 303.484 |
| 305.8/00973 | |
| 306.2/0973 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Minority women - United States - Political activity |
| Political culture - United States | |
| Racism - United States | |
| Violence - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Race relations |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Foreword; Preface: Reading... Resistance...; Acknowledgments; Part I. Rage and Resistance Lessons: Political Life and Theory; Part II. Colonial Hangovers: U.S. Policies at Home and Abroad; Part III. Cultural Politics: Black Women and Sexual Violence; Part IV. Teaching, Community, and Political Activism; Conclusion: United Nations Conventions, Antiracist Feminisms, and Coalition Politics; Notes; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | African American scholar-activist Joy James offers a stimulating and iconoclastic account of a world in which the United States functions as the political-police center. Resisting State Violence is a clear-sighted and uncompromising guidebook for those who want to understand the forces that hinder social change, and to effectively move beyond them. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Resisting state violence |
| ISBN: | 0-8166-8745-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910457657503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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