Battle Cries : : Black Women and Intimate Partner Abuse / / Hillary Potter.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Potter, Hillary,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

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...

Table of Contents

• 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