Title Birthing Black mothers / Jennifer C. Nash

Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 248 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction. The afterlives of Malaysia Goodson, or Black mothering in crisis -- Black gold : remaking Black breasts in an era of crisis -- In the room : birthwork by women of color in a state of emergency -- Black maternal aesthetics : the making of a noncrisis style -- Writing Black motherhood : Black maternal memoirs and economies of grief -- Conclusion. The afterlives of Jazmine Headley -- Coda. "All mothers were summoned when George Floyd called out for his mama." Summary "In Birthing Black Mothers Black feminist theorist Jennifer C. Nash examines how the figure of the "Black mother" has become a powerful political category. "Mothering while Black" has become synonymous with crisis as well as a site of cultural interest, empathy, fascination, and support. Cast as suffering and traumatized by their proximity to Black death--especially through medical racism and state-sanctioned police violence--Black mothers are often rendered as one-dimensional symbols of tragic heroism. In contrast, Nash examines Black mothers' self-representations and public performances of motherhood--including Black doulas and breastfeeding advocates alongside celebrities such as Beyoncé, Serena Williams, and Michelle Obama--that are not rooted in loss. Through cultural critique and in-depth interviews, Nash acknowledges the complexities of Black motherhood outside its use as political currency. Throughout, Nash imagines a Black feminist project that refuses the lure of locating the precarity of Black life in women and instead invites readers to theorize, organize, and dream into being new modes of Black motherhood"--Publisher's description Analysis Black feminism Black maternal politics Third pandemic Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2022. HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR platform, viewed October 17, 2023) Subject African American mothers. African American feminists. Black lives matter movement. Motherhood -- Political aspects -- United States Doulas -- United States Breastfeeding -- Social aspects -- United States Reproductive health services -- Social aspects -- United States African American women -- Medical care -- United States Race discrimination -- Health aspects -- United States Womanism. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies African American feminists African American mothers African American women -- Medical care Black lives matter movement Breastfeeding -- Social aspects Doulas Motherhood -- Political aspects Womanism United States Form Electronic book LC no. 2020049000 ISBN 1478021721 9781478021728

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