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Bodies in the Middle: Black Women, Sexual Violence, and Complex Imaginings of Justice
A probing analysis of Black women's attempts to pursue justice for sexual-violence victims within often hostile social...
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A probing analysis of Black women's attempts to pursue justice for sexual-violence victims within often hostile social and legal systems
In Bodies in the Middle: Black Women, Sexual Violence, and Complex Imaginings of Justice, Maya Hislop examines the lack of place that Black women experience, specifically when they are victims of sexual violence. Hislop uses both historical and literary analyses to explore how women, in the face of indifference and often hostility, have sought to redefine justice for themselves within a framework she calls "Afro-pessimistic justice." Afro-pessimism begins from the belief that Black life in America, and in turn the American justice system, is constrained within a framework of anti-Blackness meant to enforce white supremacy. Inspired by the work of Black-studies luminaries such as Orlando Patterson, Sylvia Wynter, and Fred Moten, Hislop asks what justice can look like in the absence of total victory and how Black women have attempted to define alternative paths to a just future.
Author: Maya Hislop
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 07/11/2024
Pages: 196
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.04w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781643364896
Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2025
About the Author
Maya Hislop is assistant professor of English at California Polytechnic State University. Her work has appeared in Law and Literature and Women's Studies.
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