Black Woman’s Burden: Commodifying Black Reproduction

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-11
On Historical Womanist Theory....Pages 13-29
On Historical Materialist Method....Pages 31-41
The Significance of Social Rhetoric....Pages 43-52
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
Becoming Instruments of Production....Pages 57-67
Is This the White Man’s Burden—Or Ours?....Pages 69-75
Age Old Pimpin’: Exploitative Reproductive Policies....Pages 77-84
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Labor in the Industrial Age....Pages 89-92
Becoming a Social Problem....Pages 93-102
Morons, Mental Defectives, Prostitutes, and Dope Fiends: Restrictive Reproductive Policies....Pages 103-112
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Global Capitalism in the Electronic Age....Pages 117-121
Pathologizing the Black Woman....Pages 123-130
She’s Out of Control: Controlling Reproductive Policies....Pages 131-135
Vilifying Black Motherhood....Pages 137-140
Gettin’ Your Tubes Tied: Coercive Reproductive Policies....Pages 141-154
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Rationalizing Commodification....Pages 159-160
Justifying Commodification....Pages 161-165
Critiquing Commodification: Connecting to Historical Womanism....Pages 167-171
Understanding Commodification....Pages 173-176
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Finding Freedom....Pages 181-183
Back Matter....Pages 187-227