{"product_id":"the-afterlife-of-reproductive-slavery-biocapitalism-and-black-feminisms-philosophy-of-history-paperback","title":"The Afterlife of Reproductive Slavery: Biocapitalism and Black Feminism's Philosophy of History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlys Eve Weinbaum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Afterlife of Reproductive Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e Alys Eve Weinbaum investigates the continuing resonances of Atlantic slavery in the cultures and politics of human reproduction that characterize contemporary biocapitalism. As a form of racial capitalism that relies on the commodification of the human reproductive body, biocapitalism is dependent upon what Weinbaum calls the slave episteme--the racial logic that drove four centuries of slave breeding in the Americas and Caribbean. Weinbaum outlines how the slave episteme shapes the practice of reproduction today, especially through use of biotechnology and surrogacy. Engaging with a broad set of texts, from Toni Morrison's \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e and Octavia Butler's dystopian speculative fiction to black Marxism, histories of slavery, and legal cases involving surrogacy, Weinbaum shows how black feminist contributions from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s constitute a powerful philosophy of history--one that provides the means through which to understand how \u003ci\u003ereproductive\u003c\/i\u003e slavery haunts the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlys Eve Weinbaum is Professor of English at the University of Washington, author of \u003ci\u003eWayward Reproductions: Genealogies of Race and Nation in Transatlantic Modern Thought\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Modern Girl Around the World: Consumption, Modernity, and Globalization\u003c\/i\u003e, both also published by Duke University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51807089721632,"sku":"9781478002840","price":56.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/523f448e923e6879be647f64e51e3715.webp?v=1780928559","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-afterlife-of-reproductive-slavery-biocapitalism-and-black-feminisms-philosophy-of-history-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}