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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Published in:Cross currents
Main Author: Daymond, Antonia Michelle (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of North Carolina Press 2018
In: Cross currents
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Whites / Christianity / Blacks / Inequality / Explanation
RelBib 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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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.
ISSN:1939-3881
Contains:Enthalten in: Cross currents
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/cros.12304