The afterlife of reproductive slavery : biocapitalism and Black feminism's philosophy of history /

The afterlife of reproductive slavery : biocapitalism and Black feminism's philosophy of history /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weinbaum, Alys Eve, 1967- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Womanism > United States.
Human reproduction > Political aspects > United States.
Surrogate motherhood > United States > History.
African American women > Social conditions.
Women slaves > Atlantic Ocean Region.
Slavery > United States > History.
Slavery > Atlantic Ocean Region.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: human reproduction and the slave episteme
  • The surrogacy/slavery nexus
  • Black feminism as a philosophy of history
  • Violent insurgency, or "power to the ice pick"
  • The problem of reproductive freedom in neoliberalism
  • A slave narrative for postracial times
  • Epilogue: the end of men and the Black womb of the world.