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On Our Own Terms explores the roles that culture, history and society play in conditioning the experience of gender. Through exploring the fundamental issues of work outside the home, it challenges traditional definitions of the family and household. Integrating her personal and political insights into an analysis of contemporary social events and forces the confront an entire generation, On Our Own Terms speaks to the need to push Black feminist thought toward a transformative perspective, moving from theory to radical praxis. With a view to developing transformative strategies that affect politics as well as the academy, Leith Mullings considers the implications of these issues for the feminist agenda and for our understanding of social processes.
Documenting the daily efforts of African Americans to protect their
community against highly oppressive conditions, this
ground-breaking volume chronicles the unique experiences of black
women that place them at higher risk for morbidity and mortality -
especially during pregnancy. Stress and Resilience: The Social
Context of Reproduction in Central Harlem examines the processes
through which economic circumstances, environmental issues, and
social conditions create situations that expose African American
women to stress and chronic strain. Detailing the individual and
community assets and strategies used to address these conditions,
this volume provides a model methodology for translating research
into public health and social action.Based on interactive community
partnered research, Stress and Resilience: The Social Context of
Reproduction in Central Harlem * Facilitates more exact hypotheses
about the relationship between risk factors, protective factors and
reproductive health; * Furnishes a better understanding of chronic
disease patterns and suggests more effective interventions to
reduce rates of infant mortality; * Incorporates the voices of the
community and of women themselves through their own words and
actions; * Sheds light on epidemiologic research and intervention
protocols; * Examines the social context in which reproductive
behaviors are practiced; * Provides a holistic framework in which
to understand infant mortality; * And more. Filling a large gap in
the literature on the social context of reproduction this important
monograph offers indispensable information for public health
researchers, program planners, anthropologists, sociologists, urban
planners, medical providers, policy makers, and private funders.
Documenting the daily efforts of African Americans to protect their
community against highly oppressive conditions, this
ground-breaking volume chronicles the unique experiences of black
women that place them at higher risk for morbidity and mortality -
especially during pregnancy. Stress and Resilience: The Social
Context of Reproduction in Central Harlem examines the processes
through which economic circumstances, environmental issues, and
social conditions create situations that expose African American
women to stress and chronic strain. Detailing the individual and
community assets and strategies used to address these conditions,
this volume provides a model methodology for translating research
into public health and social action. Based on interactive
community partnered research, Stress and Resilience: The Social
Context of Reproduction in Central Harlem Facilitates more exact
hypotheses about the relationship between risk factors, protective
factors and reproductive health; Furnishes a better understanding
of chronic disease patterns and suggests more effective
interventions to reduce rates of infant mortality; Incorporates the
voices of the community and of women themselves through their own
words and actions; Sheds light on epidemiologic research and
intervention protocols; Examines the social context in which
reproductive behaviors are practiced; Provides a holistic framework
in which to understand infant mortality; And more. Filling a large
gap in the literature on the social context of reproduction this
important monograph offers indispensable information for public
health researchers, program planners, anthropologists,
sociologists, urban planners, medical providers, policy makers, and
private funders.
How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America is a classic study of
the intersection of racism and class in the United States. It has
become a standard text for courses in American politics and
history, and has been central to the education of thousands of
political activists since the 1980s. This edition is presented with
a new foreword by Leith Mullings.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which
commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out
and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and
impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes
high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using
print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in
1984.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which
commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out
and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and
impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes
high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using
print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in
1984.
"How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America is one of those
paradigm-shifting, life-changing texts that has not lost its
currency or relevance even after three decades. Its provocative
treatise on the ravages of late capitalism, state violence,
incarceration, and patriarchy on the life chances and struggles of
black working-class men and women shaped an entire generation,
directing our energies to the terrain of the prison-industrial
complex, anti-racist work, labor organizing, alternatives to racial
capitalism, and challenging patriarchy personally and politically."
Robin D. G. Kelley "In this new edition of his classic text . . .
Marable can challenge a new generation to find solutions to the
problems that constrain the present but not our potential to seek
and define a better future." Henry Louis Gates, Jr. "[A] prescient
analysis." Michael Eric Dyson How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black
America is a classic study of the intersection of racism and class
in the United States. It has become a standard text for courses in
American politics and history, and has been central to the
education of thousands of political activists since the 1980s. This
edition is prsented with a new foreword by Leith Mullings.
This anthology of black writers traces the evolution of
African-American perspectives throughout American history, from the
early years of slavery to the end of the twentieth century. The
essays, manifestos, interviews, and documents assembled here,
contextualized with critical commentaries from Marable and
Mullings, introduce the reader to the character and important
controversies of each period of black history. The selections
represent a broad spectrum of ideology. Conservative, radical,
nationalistic, and integrationist approaches can be found in almost
every period, yet there have been striking shifts in the evolution
of social thought and activism. The editors judiciously illustrate
how both continuity and change affected the African-American
community in terms of its internal divisions, class structure,
migration, social problems, leadership, and protest movements. They
also show how gender, spirituality, literature, music, and
connections to Africa and the Caribbean played a prominent role in
black life and history.
This anthology of black writers traces the evolution of
African-American perspectives throughout American history, from the
early years of slavery to the end of the twentieth century. The
essays, manifestos, interviews, and documents assembled here,
contextualized with critical commentaries from Marable and
Mullings, introduce the reader to the character and important
controversies of each period of black history. The selections
represent a broad spectrum of ideology. Conservative, radical,
nationalistic, and integrationist approaches can be found in almost
every period, yet there have been striking shifts in the evolution
of social thought and activism. The editors judiciously illustrate
how both continuity and change affected the African-American
community in terms of its internal divisions, class structure,
migration, social problems, leadership, and protest movements. They
also show how gender, spirituality, literature, music, and
connections to Africa and the Caribbean played a prominent role in
black life and history.
Utilizing the strengths of traditional ethnographic approaches, the
authors of this provocative volume of original essays analyze
contemporary urban problems in the United States.
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