{"product_id":"battle-cries-black-women-and-intimate-partner-abuse-9780814767306","title":"Battle Cries  Black Women and Intimate Partner","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn eye-opening examination of African American women's experiences with intimate partner abuse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eBattle Cries\u003c\/b\u003e is the most comprehensive study of intimate partner abuse in heterosexual Black relationships. \u003cb\u003eBattle Cries\u003c\/b\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments 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","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405904257367,"sku":"9780814767306","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780814767306.jpg?v=1730493850","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/battle-cries-black-women-and-intimate-partner-abuse-9780814767306","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}