James, Joy, 1958-

Seeking the beloved community a feminist race reader / [electronic resource] : Joy James ; foreword by Beverly Guy-Sheftall. - Albany : State University of New York Press, 2013. - xii, 340 p. - SUNY series, philosophy and race . - SUNY series, philosophy and race. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Feminist race theory -- Teaching theory, talking community -- Politicizing the spirit : Toni Morrison -- Black feminism in liberation limbos -- Resting in gardens, battling in deserts : Black women's activism -- Radicalizing Black feminism -- Angela Y. Davis--liberation praxis -- Assata Shakur and Black female agency -- Democracy and captivity -- Black suffering in search of the "beloved community" -- American prison notebooks -- Violations -- War, dissent & social justice -- Academia, activism, and imprisoned intellectuals -- Activist scholars or radical subjects? -- Campaigns against blackness -- Sovereign kinship and the president elect -- The dead zone -- Racism, genocide and resistance -- All power to the people! : Arendt's communicative power in a racial democracy.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9781438446349 (electronic bk.)




Feminism--United States.
Womanism--United States.
African American women--Intellectual life.
African American women--Political activity.
Imprisonment--United States.
Radicalism--United States.


United States--Politics and government.


Electronic books.

HQ1197 / .J36 2013

305.420973