This book examines how African-American writers and visual artists interweave icon and inscription in order to re-present the black female body, traditionally r

Traces the evolution of the black female body in the American imagination

Recovering the Black Female Body recognizes the pressing need to highlight through scholarship the vibrant energy of African American women's attempts to wrest

This book examines how African-American writers and visual artists interweave icon and inscription in order to re-present the black female body, traditionally r

Winner, 2020 Body and Embodiment Best Publication Award, given by the American Sociological Association Honorable Mention, 2020 Sociology of Sex and Gender Dist