Can These Black Bones Live?
The article offers a view into literal, figurative, and social specters of Black life. It looks at ever-evolving archive of American democracy as it grapples with the ways the nation continues to rely upon Christian claims, logics, and myths to support its tragic rationalization of black death. It s...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2018
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| In: |
Cross currents
Year: 2018, Volume: 68, Issue: 1, Pages: 135-158 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Whites
/ Christianity
/ Blacks
/ Inequality
/ Explanation
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CG Christianity and Politics KBQ North America ZB Sociology |
| Further subjects: | B
United States
B WHITE supremacy movements; United States B Democracy B Racism B Anti-racism B RATIONALIZATION (Sociology) |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | The article offers a view into literal, figurative, and social specters of Black life. It looks at ever-evolving archive of American democracy as it grapples with the ways the nation continues to rely upon Christian claims, logics, and myths to support its tragic rationalization of black death. It suggests that black bodies remain bound within the violent, necrotic precincts of anti-black racism and white supremacy. |
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| ISSN: | 1939-3881 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cross currents
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/cros.12304 |