Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis (English) Paperback Book

Description: Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis A powerful study of the women's movement in the U.S. from abolitionist days to the present that demonstrates how it has always been hampered by the racist and classist biases of its leaders. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description From one of our most important scholars and civil rights activist icon, a powerful study of the womens liberation movement and the tangled knot of oppression facing Black women."Angela Davis is herself a woman of undeniable courage. She should be heard."-The New York TimesAngela Davis provides a powerful history of the social and political influence of whiteness and elitism in feminism, from abolitionist days to the present, and demonstrates how the racist and classist biases of its leaders inevitably hampered any collective ambitions. While Black women were aided by some activists like Sarah and Angelina Grimke and the suffrage cause found unwavering support in Frederick Douglass, many women played on the fears of white supremacists for political gain rather than take an intersectional approach to liberation. Here, Davis not only contextualizes the legacy and pitfalls of civil and womens rights activists, but also discusses Communist women, the murder of Emmitt Till, and Margaret Sangers racism. Davis shows readers how the inequalities between Black and white women influence the contemporary issues of rape, reproductive freedom, housework and child care in this bold and indispensable work. Author Biography Angela Y. Davis is a political activist, scholar, author, and speaker. She is an outspoken advocate for the oppressed and exploited, writing on Black liberation, prison abolition, the intersections of race, gender, and class, and international solidarity with Palestine. She is the author of several books, including Women, Race, and Class and Are Prisons Obsolete? She is the subject of the acclaimed documentary Free Angela and All Political Prisoners and is Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Table of Contents 1. The Legacy of Slavery: Standards for a New Womanhood2. The Anti-Slavery Movement and the Birth of Womens Rights3. Class and Race in the Early Womens Rights Campaign4. Racism in the Woman Suffrage Movement5. The Meaning of Emancipation According to Black Women6. Education and Liberation: Black Womens Perspective7. Woman Suffrage at the Turn of the Century: The Rising Influence of Racism8. Black Women and the Club Movement9. Working Women, Black Women, and the History of the Suffrage Movement10. Communist Women11. Rape, Racism and the Myth of the Black Rapist12. Racism, Birth control and Reproductive Rights13. The Approaching Obsolescence of Housework: A Working-class Perspective Review "As useful an exposition of the current dilemmas of the womens movement as one could hope for."--Los Angeles Times Book Review Review Quote "As useful an exposition of the current dilemmas of the womens movement as one could hope for."--Los Angeles Times Book Review Details ISBN0394713516 Short Title WOMEN RACE & CLASS Language English ISBN-10 0394713516 ISBN-13 9780394713519 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 305.42 Year 1983 Imprint Ballantine Books Inc. Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9780394713519 UK Release Date 1983-02-12 AU Release Date 1983-02-12 NZ Release Date 1983-02-12 US Release Date 1983-02-12 Author Angela Y. Davis Pages 288 Publisher Random House USA Inc Publication Date 1983-02-12 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:141694512;

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