Black Woman’s Burden

PART I: WHY BLACK REPRODUCTION? Introduction The Significance of Social Rhetoric On Historical Materialist Theory& Method Applying the Historical Materialist Paradigm PART II: SLAVERY MATTERS! Becoming Instruments of Production This the White Man's Burden Or Ours? Age Old Pimpin': Exploitative Reproductive Policies PART III: EMANCIPATED…NOT LIBERATED Labour in the Industrial Age Becoming a Social Problem Morons, Mental Defectives, Prostitutes,& Dope Fiends: Restrictive Reproductive Policies PART IV: A BRAND NEW DAY Global Capitalism in the Electronic Age Pathologizing the Black Woman She's Out of Control: Controlling Reproductive Policies Vilifying Black Motherhood Gettin' Your Tubes Tied: Coercive Reproductive Policies PART V: TOWARD A THEORY ON THE COMMODIFICATION OF BLACK WOMEN'S REPRODUCTION Rationalizing Commodification Social Rhetoric as a Hegemonic Tool Commodifying Black Reproduction PART VI: LIBERATION Finding Freedom Notes Key Concepts and Definitions Bibliography Index