Black Subjectivity and the Origins of American Gynecology
In her new award-winning book, Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology, historian Deirdre Cooper Owens describes
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Sexuality
Black on Both Sides: A New Book on the Racial History of Trans Identity
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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James Baldwin and the 1980s: A New Book on the Iconic Writer’s Last Decade
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Islam, Art, and Intersectional Identity
Until recently, when I thought of Islamic art I thought immediately of structures like the Mezquita in Cordoba, Spain. Now
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A Primary Moral Position: Black Feminism and Self-Possession
*A version of this essay originally appeared on Public Seminar, as part of its Race/isms Book Forum on The Making of Black Lives Matter:
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