Women, Culture & Politics

by DAVIS, ANGELA Y.

• ISBN13: 9780679724872
• ISBN10: 0679724877
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780307798503
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1990-02-19
• Publisher: Vintage

Summary

A collection of her speeches and writings which address the political and social changes of the past decade as they are concerned with the struggle for racial, sexual, and economic equality.

Author Biography

Angela Y. Davis is a political activist, scholar, author, and speaker. She is an outspoken advocate for the oppressed and exploited, writing on Black liberation, prison abolition, the intersections of race, gender, and class, and international solidarity with Palestine. She is the author of several books, including Women, Race, and Class and Are Prisons Obsolete? She is the subject of the acclaimed documentary Free Angela and All Political Prisoners and is Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Table of Contents

On Women and the Pursuit of Equality and Peace Let

Us All Rise Together

Radical Perspectives on Empowerment for Afro-American Women Facing Our Common Foe

Women and the Struggle Against Racism We Do Not Consent

Violence Against Women in a Racist Society Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired

The Politics of Black Women’s Health Peace Is a Sister’s Issue Too

Afro-American Women and the Campaign Against Nuclear Arms Slaying the Dream

The Black Family and the Crisis of Capitalism (with Fania Davis) Women in the 1980’s

Setbacks and Victories On International Issues When a Woman Is a Rock: Reflections on Winnie Mandela’s Autobiography Children First

The Campaign for a Free South Africa Finishing the Agenda: Reflections on Forum ’85, Nairobi, Kenya Women in Egypt

A Personal View Revolution and Womankind

On Clara Zetkin’sSelected Writings On Education and Culture Imagining the Future Reaping Fruit and Throwing Seed Ethnic Studies

Global Meanings Art on the Frontline

Mandate for a People’s Culture Underexposed: Photography and Afro-American History Brushstrokes for Social Change

The Art of Rupert Garcia

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