Vanderbilt University

Black grief and Black death are among the most important forces in contemporary American politics. As Shatema Threadcraft argues in "The Labors of Resurrection," spectacular death—experienced publicly and violently—has given rise to global political movements, but it has also had an important gendered effect that has complicated Black women's relationship to the Black people.Shatema Threadcraft is an Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at Vanderbilt University.

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