Killing Mockingbirds: Cultural Memory and Interracial Rape

Sponsor: Center for Race and Gender

Killing Mockingbirds: Cultural Memory and Interracial Rape
Prof. Joy A. James, University of Texas

Tuesday, December 4, 2012
5:30 pm: Reception
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Lecture & Discussion

370 Dwinelle Hall

Presidential Professor of the Humanities and a professor in political science, Joy James is the author of: Shadowboxing: Representations of Black Feminist Politics; Transcending the Talented Tenth: Black Leaders and American Intellectuals; and Resisting State… Show more Violence: Radicalism, Gender and Race in U.S. Culture. Her edited books include: Warfare in the American Homeland; The New Abolitionists: (Neo) Slave Narratives and Contemporary Prison Writings; Imprisoned Intellectuals; States of Confinement; The Black Feminist Reader (co-edited with TD Sharpley-Whiting); and The Angela Y. Davis Reader. James is completing a book on the prosecution of 20th-century interracial rape cases, tentatively titled “Memory, Shame & Rage.” She has contributed articles and book chapters to journals and anthologies addressing feminist and critical race theory, democracy, and social justice.

Event Contact: centerrg@berkeley.edu, 510-643-8488

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