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Author: Anne Gray Fischer
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.50cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 24.10cm
Weight: 0.596kg
ISBN: 9781469665047
ISBN 10: 1469665042
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 30 March 2022
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
Revelatory. . . . While movements like SayHerName highlight police violence against Black women today, [Fischer] shows us its deep roots in our history, our laws, and our cities. --The Atlantic Richly detailed and thoroughly researched. . . . It is challenging to take an intersectional lens to historical materials, but Fischer's monograph shows just how valuable that work can be. --American Journal of Legal History
"""Revelatory. . . . While movements like SayHerName highlight police violence against Black women today, [Fischer] shows us its deep roots in our history, our laws, and our cities."" --Sarah Seo, The Atlantic [Fischer] shows in stunning detail how American policing has shifted its justifications over time to maintain control of Black people, especially Black women.""--Sarah Schulman, New York Review of Books Richly detailed and thoroughly researched. . . . It is challenging to take an intersectional lens to historical materials, but Fischer's monograph shows just how valuable that work can be."" --American Journal of Legal History"
"""Revelatory. . . . While movements like SayHerName highlight police violence against Black women today, [Fischer] shows us its deep roots in our history, our laws, and our cities."" --The Atlantic Richly detailed and thoroughly researched. . . . It is challenging to take an intersectional lens to historical materials, but Fischer's monograph shows just how valuable that work can be."" --American Journal of Legal History"
Revelatory. . . . While movements like SayHerName highlight police violence against Black women today, [Fischer] shows us its deep roots in our history, our laws, and our cities. --The Atlantic Richly detailed and thoroughly researched. . . . It is challenging to take an intersectional lens to historical materials, but Fischer's monograph shows just how valuable that work can be. --American Journal of Legal History
"""Revelatory. . . . While movements like SayHerName highlight police violence against Black women today, [Fischer] shows us its deep roots in our history, our laws, and our cities."" --Sarah Seo, The Atlantic [Fischer] shows in stunning detail how American policing has shifted its justifications over time to maintain control of Black people, especially Black women.""--Sarah Schulman, New York Review of Books Richly detailed and thoroughly researched. . . . It is challenging to take an intersectional lens to historical materials, but Fischer's monograph shows just how valuable that work can be."" --American Journal of Legal History Valuable and necessary . . . . A powerful historical analysis of sexualized policing in the US . . . . Highly recommended.""--CHOICE"
Author Information
Anne Gray Fischer is assistant professor of history at University of Texas at Dallas.
