{"product_id":"not-just-race-not-just-gender-black-feminist-readings-paperback","title":"Not Just Race, Not Just Gender: Black Feminist Readings - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eValerie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the nineteenth century articulations of Sojourner Truth to contemporary thinkers like Patricia J. Williams, Black feminists have always recognized the mutual dependence of race and gender. Detailing these connections, \u003cem\u003eNot Just Race, Not Just Gender\u003c\/em\u003e explores the myriad ways race and gender shape lives and social practices. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Resisting essentialist tendencies, Valerie Smith identifies black feminist theorizing as a strategy of reading rather than located in a particular subjective experience. Her intent is not to deny the validity of black women's lived experience, but rather to resist deploying a uniform model of black women's lives that actually undermines the power of black feminist thought. Whether reading race or gender in the Central Park jogger case or in contemporary media, like \u003cem\u003eLivin'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLarge, \u003c\/em\u003e Smith displays critical rigor that promises to change the way we think about race and gender.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eValerie Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of English and Chair of Program in Afro-American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 9.02 x 5.95 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47685776998621,"sku":"9780415903264","price":92.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/0Qxpe-OYYi9780415903264.webp?v=1774012096","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/not-just-race-not-just-gender-black-feminist-readings-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}