RT Article
T1 Formerly Incarcerated Black Mothers Matter Too: resisting Social Constructions of Motherhood
JF The prison journal
VO 99
IS 4
SP 420
OP 436
A1 Mitchell, Michael B.
A2 Davis, Jaya B.
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1743018592
AB Mass incarceration as a system of racialized and gendered social control has disproportionately impacted Black women, many of whom are mothers. Contrary to dominant social constructions of motherhood, these women employ their own strategies of mothering unique to their lived experiences. This study relies on interview data to understand Black women’s motherhood experiences post-incarceration. Drawing from five semistructured interviews of Black mothers across a large urban area in Texas, we argue for more critical, qualitative research of formerly incarcerated Black women, grounded in Black feminist theory (BFT).
K1 Black feminist theory
K1 Black women
K1 Formerly incarcerated
K1 Motherhood
DO 10.1177/0032885519852079