Schalk Black Disability Politics

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-4780-2700-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 218 Seiten

Drawing on the archives of the Black Panther Party and the National Black Women’s Health Project, Sami Schalk explores how issues of disability have been and continue to be central to Black activism from the 1970s to the present.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schalk, Sami

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction. Black Health Matters 1
1. “We Have a Right to Rebel”: Black Disability Politics in the Black Panther Party 23
2. Fighting Psychiatric Abuse: The BPP and the Black Disability Politics of Mental and Carceral Institutions 48
Praxis Interlude One. Anti-ableist Approaches to Fighting Disabling Violence 69
3. Empowerment through Wellness: Black Disability Politics in the National Black Women’s Health Project 81
4. More Than Just Prevention: The NBWHP and the Black Disability of HIV/AIDS 110
Praxis Interlude Two. Approaches to Disability Identity in Black Disability Politics 129
5. Black Disability Politics Now 140
(Not a) Conclusion. The Present and Futures of Black Disability Politics 154
Notes 161
Bibliography 187
Index 199

Über Autor(innen)

Sami Schalk is Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and author of Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race, and Gender in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction, also published by Duke University Press.