{"product_id":"bodies-in-the-middle-maya-hislop-9781643364889","title":"Bodies in the Middle: Black Women, Sexual Violence, and Complex Imaginings of Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA probing analysis of Black women's attempts to pursue justice for sexual-violence victims within often hostile social and legal systems \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBodies in the Middle: Black Women, Sexual Violence, and Complex Imaginings of Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, Maya Hislop examines the lack of place that Black women experience, specifically when they are victims of sexual violence. Hislop uses both historical and literary analyses to explore how women, in the face of indifference and often hostility, have sought to redefine justice for themselves within a framework she calls \"Afro-pessimistic justice.\" Afro-pessimism begins from the belief that Black life in America, and in turn the American justice system, is constrained within a framework of anti-Blackness meant to enforce white supremacy. Inspired by the work of Black-studies luminaries such as Orlando Patterson, Sylvia Wynter, and Fred Moten, Hislop asks what justice can look like in the absence of total victory and how Black women have attempted to define alternative paths to a just future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maya Hislop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 164336488X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643364889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2025","brand":"Maya Hislop","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46670677115135,"sku":"9781643364889","price":114.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1ee3529b-eaa7-439f-9625-f68d4274ee32.jpg?v=1741317083","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bodies-in-the-middle-maya-hislop-9781643364889","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}