The Afterlife of Reproductive Slavery: Biocapitalism and Black Feminism’s Philosophy of History

Alys Eve Weinbaum

Published by Duke University Press 2019

The Afterlife of Reproductive Slavery

Biocapitalism and Black Feminism’s Philosophy of History

Alys Eve Weinbaum

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478003281

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About this book

Alys Eve Weinbaum investigates the continuing resonances of Atlantic slavery in the cultures and politics of human reproduction that characterize contemporary capitalism, showing how black feminist thought offers the best means through which to understand the myriad ways slavery continues to haunt the present.

Author / Editor information

Alys Eve Weinbaum is Professor of English at the University of Washington, author of Wayward Reproductions: Genealogies of Race and Nation in Transatlantic Modern Thought, and coeditor of The Modern Girl Around the World: Consumption, Modernity, and Globalization, both also published by Duke University Press.

Reviews

"Weinbaum's book is both a contribution to a rich Black feminist theoretical archive on reproductive politics and a celebration of work by Black feminist scholars—particularly Black feminist legal scholars, including Dorothy Roberts and Anita Allen—who have long considered the intersections of surrogacy, slavery, and logics of property.… Weisenbaum's original and incisive text gives us new tools to think about reproductive freedom and reminds us that any idea of reproductive freedom requires Black feminist theoretical innovation and imagination."

-- Jennifer C. Nash Modern Language Quarterly

"Ultimately, The Afterlife of Reproductive Slavery does not disappoint. It does the job of demonstrating the complex connections between the gendered and racialised reproductive exploitation and extraction during the historical Atlantic slave trade period and today exceedingly well."

-- Gina Marie Longo Feminist Encounters

"The book offers much-needed critical perspectives on the racializing processes at the center of reproductive labor and commodification. . . . Ulitmately, Weinbaum's analysis shows the importance of thinking historically and offers insights into the ways in which gendered, racialized, and sexualized forms of oppression that have roots in slavery continue to motivate biocapitalism today."

-- Daisy Deomampo Catalyst

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: Human Reproduction and the Slave Episteme Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
One. The Surrogacy/ Slavery Nexus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Two. Black Feminism as a Philosophy of History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Three. Violent Insurgency, or “Power to the Ice Pick” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
Four. The Problem of Reproductive Freedom in Neoliberalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Five. A Slave Narrative for Postracial Times Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Epilogue: The End of Men and the Black Womb of the World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 296
Illustrations
- Other: 4 illustrations

eBook

Published: February 14, 2019
ISBN: 9781478003281