The Politics of Homemaking
Black Feminist Transformations of a Cityscape
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18985673 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Z Isoke (0000-0002-0411-7869, University of Minnesota, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 117-130 |
| Publication date | 2011-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transforming Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1051-0559 • E-ISSN: 1548-7466 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1548-7466.2011.01136.x |
| OpenAlex | W2129202460 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 4 |
In this paper, I develop a political theory of homemaking that attempts to make sense of how space, place, and identity shape black women's political activism. I examine and retell the spatial stories black women activists shared with me in order to clarify how gender and racialization impact black women's conceptions and practice of contemporary grassroots politics. I explore how memory and affect in shape black women's political work by carefully considering how black women's unique relationship to space and place inform how they define and deploy discourses of identity and community. I ask: What are the meanings that black women attribute to space and place? How do identity and affect impact the range of politics that black women pursue in urban landscapes? In response to these concerns, I construct a portrait of black female subjectivity using the perspectives of women who do political work in Newark's Central Ward. In this article, I focus on the narratives of four out of 29 women I interviewed between 2005 and 2007. These women represent three generations of activists, ranging in age from 26 to 70
Aesthetics · Affect · Affect (linguistics) · Cityscape · Construct (python library) · Epistemology · Grassroots · Identity (music) · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Race (biology) · Racialization · Sociology · Subjectivity · American Political and Social Dynamics · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Law · Race, History, and American Society
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| Unique citing works | 19 |
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| Citations per year | 1,46 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |