Practical Audacity

Black Women and International Human Rights
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-0-299-33370-6
Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Critical Human Rights

Goler Teal Butcher (1925-93), a towering figure in international human rights law, was a scholar and advocate who advanced an intersectional approach to human empowerment influenced by Black women's intellectual traditions. Practical Audacity follows the stories of fourteen women whose work honors and furthers Butcher's legacy. Their multilayered and sophisticated contributions have critically reshaped human rights scholarship and activism-including their major role in developing critical race feminism, community-based applications, and expanding the boundaries of human rights discourse.
 
Stanlie M. James weaves narratives by and about these women throughout the history of the field, illustrating how they conceptualize, develop, and implement human rights. By centering the courage and innovative interventions of capable and visionary Black women, she places them rightfully alongside such figures as Thurgood Marshall and Charles Hamilton Houston. This volume fundamentally shifts the frame through which human rights struggles are understood, illuminating how those who witness and experience oppression have made some of the biggest contributions to building a better world.

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Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Über Autor(innen)

Stanlie M. James is a professor emerita in the Department of Afro-American Studies and the Women's Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was Vice Provost for Inclusion and Community Engagement and a professor in the African and African American Studies and Women and Gender Studies Programs at Arizona State University. Among her many coedited volumes are Still Brave: The Evolution of Black Women's Studies and Theorizing Black Feminisms: The Visionary Pragmatism of Black Women.