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Title Women, culture & politics / Angela Y. Davis.
Author Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-
Published New York : Vintage Books, 1990.
©1990
Edition 1st Vintage books ed.
Description xv, 238 pages ; 21 cm
Format text; unmediated; volume
ISBN 0679724877
9780679724872

Contents I. 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 -- II. 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's selected writings -- III. 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.
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Note "Originally published in hardcover by Random House ... in 1989"--T.p. verso.
Subjects (Topics) African American women.
African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975-
Sexism -- United States.
Racism -- United States.
Subjects (Places) United States -- Race relations.
Subjects (Topics) Sexism.
Racism.
Subject African American women
African Americans Social conditions 1975-
Racism
Racism United States
Sexism
Sexism United States
United States Race relations
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