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No Mercy Here

Gender, Punishment, and the Making of Jim Crow Modernity

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Imprisoned black women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries endured severe gendered racial terror and economic exploitation, serving as convict laborers and domestic workers. Sarah Haley utilizes black feminist criticism and archival materials to reveal the brutalization these women faced within various labor systems. The book also highlights their acts of resistance and sabotage, challenging the prevailing ideologies of racial capitalism and patriarchy, while proposing alternative views on social and political life.

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No Mercy Here, Sarah Haley

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2019
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Título
No Mercy Here
Subtítulo
Gender, Punishment, and the Making of Jim Crow Modernity
Idioma
Inglés
Formato
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Páginas
356
ISBN10
1469652226
ISBN13
9781469652221
Serie
Descripción
Imprisoned black women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries endured severe gendered racial terror and economic exploitation, serving as convict laborers and domestic workers. Sarah Haley utilizes black feminist criticism and archival materials to reveal the brutalization these women faced within various labor systems. The book also highlights their acts of resistance and sabotage, challenging the prevailing ideologies of racial capitalism and patriarchy, while proposing alternative views on social and political life.