S6E6 | WOC Then, WOC Now Pt 1: Writing Books & Historical Black Women in STEM PhDivas

So much and yet so little has changed for women of colour since the 19th century... PhDivas Liz and Xine discuss Xine's first book DISAFFECTED. Xine shares the challenges of writing a monograph (a fancy academic term for research book). Chapter 4 is kind of an homage to Liz: it discusses Black feminist approaches to STEM in the nineteenth century by analyzing a novel by a major Black woman writer alongside the writings of the first two Black American women to receive medical degrees. Liz and Xine delve into the everyday life strategies of disaffection, care, and uncaring that persist in the archive and in our everyday lives.

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DISAFFECTED won the Duke UP Scholars of Color First Book Prize.
For a 30% discount use the code E21YAO on the following sites
North America: www.dukeupress.edu/disaffected
UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific: https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9781478014836/disaffected/

You can read the intro for free here: www.dukeupress.edu/disaffected