Facing the Dragon: Black Mothering, Sequelae, and Gendered Necropolitics in the Americas

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christen A. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Black Mothering

Black Mothering Legacies: Theorizing Lament as a Form of Justice Research

2021 ◽  
pp. 194084472110495
Author(s):  
Nichole A. Guillory
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
State Violence ◽  
Black Child ◽  
The State ◽  
Black Mothers ◽  
Black Life ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Historical Moment ◽  
Black Mothering

I feel compelled by the moment to take up these questions: What does it mean to mother a Black child within/against this historical moment within/against the (carceral) United States? What does it mean to mother a Black child when the legacy of enslavement in the United States is still the basis for assessing the “worth” of you and your children? How do I determine justice for my/a/the Black child in this historical moment? How does this justice come to matter? My approach to critical qualitative research is best understood through Cynthia Dillard’s (2006) notion of “endarkened feminist epistemology” (p. 3). Here I trace a lineage of Black mothering praxis that has been enacted in response to injustice across different historical moments and geographical locations in the United States. This lineage focuses on Black mothers who have lost their children to state violence, when that violence is perpetrated by the state or when the state fails to mete out justice for the taking of Black life.

Black mothering, paid work and identity

2001 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 1046-1064 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracey Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Paid Work ◽  
Black Mothering
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