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Book SynopsisAn eye-opening examination of African American women's experiences with intimate partner abuse
Trade ReviewBattle Cries is the most comprehensive study of intimate partner abuse in heterosexual Black relationships.
Battle Cries makes a significant contribution to the scholarship on domestic violence and our understanding, in particular, of African American women and their experience of and responses to abusive relationships. Her comparative approach to the topic and her class analysis also makes this the most compelling book to be published recently on the challenges facing Black women in the U.S. -- Beverly Guy-Sheftall,co-author of Gender Talk: The Struggle for Women’s Equality in African American Communities
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Introduction: The Call 2 Black Feminist Criminology and the Power of Narrative: "I Just Wanted to Tell My Story" 3 Dynamic Resistance: "I'm a Strong Black Woman" 4 Surviving Childhood: "I Learned to Stand up for Myself " 5 Living Through It: "He Made Me Believe He Was Something He Wasn't" 6 Fighting Back: "You Want to Fight? We Gonna Fight!" 7 Getting Out: "We Have to Pray to God and Hope Everything Works Out" 8 Conclusion: The Response Appendix A: Research Methods and Demographics Appendix B: Pseudonyms and Demographic Information Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
