Battle cries : Black women and intimate partner abuse /

Show other versions (3)

Contrary to the stereotype of the "strong Black woman," African American women are more plagued by domestic violence than any other racial group in the United States. In fact, African American women experience intimate partner violence at a rate 35% higher than white women and about two an...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Potter, Hillary, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Archive Political Science and Policy Studies Foundation.
Subjects:
Intimate partner violence > United States > Case studies.
African American women > Abuse of > Case studies.
Abused women > United States > Case studies.
Violence entre partenaires > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Noires américaines > Violence envers > Études de cas.
Femmes victimes de violence > États-Unis > Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Abused women
African American women > Abuse of
Intimate partner violence
United States
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the call
  • Black feminist criminology and the power of narrative: "I just wanted to tell my story"
  • Dynamic resistance: "I'm a strong black woman"
  • Surviving childhood: "I learned to stand up for myself"
  • Living through it: "He made me believe he was something he wasn't"
  • Fighting back: "You want to fight? We gonna fight!"
  • Getting out: "We have to pray to God and hope everything works out"
  • Conclusion: the response.

Similar Items