I created a list on Black women’s theories recently and got feedback that many people found it useful for their work. I started to reflect on how often I have conversations where I learn about a Black woman academic via word of mouth only. I am hoping to make this blog a resource for people from all fields and backgrounds interested in being guided by the work of Black women. Below is a list of books that were published in 2017 written by Black women academics.
- Contested Bodies Pregnancy, Childrearing, and Slavery in Jamaica – Sasha Turner
- Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Women (Women in American History) – Brittney C. Cooper
- Bound in Wedlock: Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century – Tera W. Hunter
- Colored No More: Reinventing Black Womanhood in Washington, D.C. (Women in American History) – Treva B. Lindsey
- The Origin of Others (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures) – Toni Morrison
- Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge – Erica Armstrong Dunbar
- Hunger – Roxane Gay
- Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era (Justice, Power, and Politics) – Ashley D. Farmer
- Black Madonna: A Womanist Look at Mary of Nazareth – Courtney Hall Lee
- Gateway to equality : Black women and the struggle for economic justice in St. Louis – Keona K. Ervin
- Scandalize my name : black feminist practice and the making of black social life – Terrion L. Williamson
- Black Women, Agency, and the New Black Feminism – Maria del Guadalupe. Davidson
- Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy – Tressie McMillan Cottom
- Passionate and Pious: Religious Media and Black Women’s Sexuality – Monique Moultrie
- The promise of patriarchy : women and the Nation of Islam – Ula Y. Taylor
- Reflecting rogue : inside the mind of a feminist – Pumla Dineo Gqola
- The Evolution of Black Women in Television: Mammies, Matriarchs and Mistresses – Imani M. Cheers
- Making Gullah: A History of Sapelo Islanders, Race, and the American Imagination – Melissa L. Cooper
- The Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History – Anne C. Bailey
- Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color – Andrea Ritchie
- Resurrecting Slavery: Racial Legacies and White Supremacy in France – Crystal Marie Fleming
- Because When God Is Too Busy: Haiti, me & THE WORLD – Gina Athena Ulysse
- Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Children Won’t Save Black America – Stacey Patton
- The Kind of Man I Am: Jazzmasculinity and the World of Charles Mingus, Jr – Nichole Rustin-Paschal
- How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success – Julie Lythcott-Haims
- The Revelations of Asher: Toward Supreme Love in Self – Jeanine M. Staples
- Black Women’s Mental Health: Balancing Strength and Vulnerability – Stephanie Y Evans, Kanika Bell, & Nsenga K. Burton
- Shadow Bodies: Black Women, Ideology, Representation, and Politics – Julia S. Jordan-Zachery
- Raising the Race: Black Career Women Redefine Marriage, Motherhood, and Community – Riché J. Daniel Barnes
- Health Equity in Brazil: Intersections of Gender, Race, and Policy –
- Electric Arches – Eve Ewing
- The Power of Race in Cuba: Racial Ideology and Black Consciousness During the Revolution – Danielle Clealand
- Afro-Atlantic Flight: Speculative Returns and the Black Fantastic – Michelle D. Commander
- Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology –
- To Be Free and French: Citizenship in France’s Atlantic Empire – Lorelle Semley
I hope to expand on this list in the event that I’m missing key names and books. Be sure to subscribe to stay updated. Send me a message or comment on the post if you have any further additions.
