Invisible no more: police violence against black women and women of color

by Andrea J. Ritchie

Paper Book, 2017

Status

Available

Call number

HV8141.R57 2017

Publication

Boston : Beacon Press, [2017]

Description

Politics. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML:"A passionate, incisive critique of the many ways in which women and girls of color are systematically erased or marginalized in discussions of police violence." �??Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow Invisible No More is a timely examination of how Black women, Indigenous women, and women of color experience racial profiling, police brutality, and immigration enforcement. By placing the individual stories of Sandra Bland, Rekia Boyd, Dajerria Becton, Monica Jones, and Mya Hall in the broader context of the twin epidemics of police violence and mass incarceration, Andrea Ritchie documents the evolution of movements centered around women's experiences of policing. Featuring a powerful forward by activist Angela Davis, Invisible No More is an essential exposé on police violence against WOC that demands a radical rethinking of our visions of safety�??and the means we devote to achie… (more)

Language

Physical description

xv, 324 p.; 23 cm

ISBN

9780807088982

Local notes

Summary:

Invisible No More is a timely examination of how Black women, Indigenous women, and women of color experience racial profiling, police brutality, and immigration enforcement. Placing stories of individual women--such as Sandra Bland, Rekia Boyd, Dajerria Becton, Monica Jones, and Mya Hall--in the broader context of the twin epidemics of police violence and mass incarceration, it documents the evolution of movements centering women's experiences of policing and demands a radical rethinking of our visions of safety--and the means we devote to achieving it.--Publisher website.

Contents:

Introduction
Enduring legacies
Policing paradigms and criminalizing webs
Policing girls
Policing (dis)ability
Policing sexual violence
Policing the borders of gender
Policing sex
Policing motherhood
Meeting violence with violence
Resistance
Conclusion.

LCC

HV8141.R57 2017

Pages

xv; 324
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