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Arrested Justice [[electronic resource] ] : Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation / / Beth E. Richie



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Autore: Richie Beth Visualizza persona
Titolo: Arrested Justice [[electronic resource] ] : Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation / / Beth E. Richie Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 p.)
Disciplina: 362.82
362.82920899
Soggetto topico: Crime - Sociological aspects
Violence - United States
Victims of crimes - United States
Abused women - United States
African American women - Social conditions
African American women - Crimes against
African American women - Violence against
African American women - Abuse of
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- The problem of male violence against black women -- How we won the mainstream but lost the movement -- Black women, male violence, and the buildup of a prison nation -- The matrix: a black feminist response to male violence and the state -- Conclusion.
Sommario/riassunto: Black women in marginalized communities are uniquely at risk of battering, rape, sexual harassment, stalking and incest. Through the compelling stories of Black women who have been most affected by racism, persistent poverty, class inequality, limited access to support resources or institutions, Beth E. Richie shows that the threat of violence to Black women has never been more serious, demonstrating how conservative legal, social, political and economic policies have impacted activism in the US-based movement to end violence against women. Richie argues that Black women face particular peril
Titolo autorizzato: Arrested Justice  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8147-0822-6
0-8147-2391-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790296003321
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