Spoils of War: Women of Color, Cultures, and Revolutions
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Spoils of War: Women of Color, Cultures, and Revolutions
By (Author) Rene T. White
Edited by Denean T. Sharpley-Whiting
Foreword by Chela Sandoval
Contributions by Janet Afary
Contributions by Berenice A. Carroll
Contributions by Lewis R. Gordon
Contributions by Joy A. James
Contributions by Jacqueline M. Martinez
Contributions by Shahrzad Mojab
Contributions by Valrie K. Orlando
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
29th August 1997
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Gender studies: women and girls
305.488
Physical Properties
Paperback
208
Width 149mm, Height 227mm, Spine 12mm
277g
Description
In Spoils of War, a diverse group of distinguished contributors suggest that acts of aggression resulting from the racism and sexism inherent in social institutions can be viewed as a sort of war, experienced daily by women of color.
Reviews
A diverse collection of interdisciplinary voices that eloquently testifies to the ongoing historical and transnational resistance waged by women of color around the world against the many and varied forces that oppress them. -- Angela Y. Davis, University of California, Santa Cruz; author of Blues Legend and Black Feminism
Author Bio
Rene T. White is assistant professor of sociology at Central Connecticut State University and the author of Black Texts & Textuality (Rowman & Littlefield) and Putting Risk in Perspective (Rowman & Littlefield). Sharpley-Whiting and White also co-edited Fanon: A Critical Reader.
T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting is assistant professor of African-American studies at Purdue University, and the author of Black Venus: Sexualized Savages, Primal Fears, and Primitive Narratives in French and Frantz Fanon: Conflicts and Feminisms (Rowman & Littlefield, 1997).
