Description: Examines how Diasporic Black women engage in politics.
Brief description: Julia S. Jordan-Zachery is Chair and Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Wake Forest University. She is the editor (coedited with Nikol G. Alexander-Floyd) of Black Women in Politics: Demanding Citizenship, Challenging Power, and Seeking Justice, also published by SUNY Press.
Review Quotes:
"...an important edited collection ... Black Women in Politics challenges United States-based political scientists to undertake a radical project of disciplinary transformation." - New Political Science
"Black Women in Politics offers a new perspective on Black women as political actors. Jordan-Zachery and Alexander-Floyd have assembled a stellar group of essays that speak to the broad experiences and concerns of Black women as political actors. Together, the essays present a compelling story of what we learn when we center Black women's voices in policy debates, democratic theory, and notions of political leadership." - Wendy Smooth, The Ohio State University