Battle Cries : : Black Women and Intimate Partner Abuse / / Hillary Potter.
Contrary to the stereotype of the “strong Black woman,” African American women are more plagued by domestic violence than any other racial group in the United States. In fact, African American women experience intimate partner violence at a rate 35% higher than white women and about two and a half t...
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Potter, Hillary, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Battle Cries : Black Women and Intimate Partner Abuse / Hillary Potter. New York, NY : New York University Press, [2009] ©2009 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Black Feminist Criminology and the Power of Narrative -- 3. Dynamic Resistance -- 4. Surviving Childhood -- 5. Living Through It -- 6. Fighting Back -- 7. Getting Out -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Contrary to the stereotype of the “strong Black woman,” African American women are more plagued by domestic violence than any other racial group in the United States. In fact, African American women experience intimate partner violence at a rate 35% higher than white women and about two and a half times more than women of other races and ethnicities. This common portrayal can hinder black women seeking help and support simply because those on the outside don't think help is needed. Yet, as Hillary Potter argues in Battle Cries: Black Women and Intimate Partner Abuse, this stereotype often helps these African American women to resist and to verbally and physically retaliate against their abusers. Thanks to this generalization, Potter observes, black women are less inclined to label themselves as “victims” and more inclined to fight back.Battle Cries is an eye-opening examination of African American women's experiences with intimate partner abuse, the methods used to contend with abusive mates, and the immediate and enduring consequences resulting from the maltreatment. Based on intensive interviews with 40 African American women abused by their male partners, Potter's analysis takes into account variations in their experiences based on socioeconomic class, education level, and age, and discusses the common abuses and perceptions they share. Combining her remarkable findings with black feminist thought and critical race theory, Potter offers a unique and significant window through which we can better understand this understudied though rampant social problem. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) Abused women United States Case studies. African American women Abuse of Case studies. Intimate partner violence United States Case studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology. bisacsh African. American. abuse. abusive. consequences. contend. enduring. examination. experiences. eye-opening. from. immediate. intimate. maltreatment. mates. methods. partner. resulting. used. with. womens. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110706444 print 9780814767290 https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814768471.001.0001 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814768471 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814768471/original |
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