Description
The second edition of Distinct Identities continues to provide a sophisticated yet accessible introduction to the complexities of the politics, social structures, and cultural contexts that animate how women of color engage in and shape U.S. politics. Keeping the structure of the original volume, this text represents the diverse and innovative scholarship being conducted in this field while covering the core topics in gender politics.
What’s New:
- Chapters on queer women of color and the role of women of color and social movements.
- Chapters on the strategies that women of color use to run for office, where they run, political newcomers (Asian and Indigenous women).
- Chapters on the experiences of women of color office holders.
- Chapters on policy analysis and the media’s role in shaping the political agenda of women of color political elites.
Distinct Identities pushes the boundaries of traditional intersectional scholarship and responds to America’s rapidly diversifying demographics and political culture. It reflects cutting-edge scholarship and provides readers with insight into where the field of women of color politics will head in the coming years.
Table of Contents
1. Distinct Identities II: Minority Women in US Politics
Nadia E. Brown and Sarah Allen Gershon
Part 1: Mass Behavior and Grassroots Mobilization
2. Same Qualifications, Different Identities: Evaluating Voter Perceptions by Candidate Sexuality, Race, and Gender
Christina Pao and Akhil Rajan
3. Black Lives Matter at the Intersection
Tony E. Carey Jr. and Mary-Kate Lizotte
4. Muslim Women in the United States and Experiences with Discrimination
Nura Ahmad Sediqe
5. Thinking Outside the (Ballot) Box: Analyzing the Political Creativity of Black Women-Led Organizations Mobilizing Voters In Baltimore
Ashley C.J. Daniels
6. Pathways & Barriers: How Young Women of Color are Politicized in Chicago
Margaret Teresa Brower
Part 2: Running for Office
7. Asian Americans Making Waves in City Halls and Beyond
Nicole Filler and Pei-te Lien
8. Talking the Talk: Lori Lightfoot on Policing and Violence in Chicago
Elizabeth Jordie Davies
9. From the Bench to the Ladder? Gendered Local Political Experience and Latina Success in State Legislatures
Ricardo Ramirez and Victoria Velasquez
10. Asian American and Pacific Islander Women Leaders and Political Communication
Dan Qi, Cana Kim, and Nichole M. Bauer
11. Different Paths to Political Ambition Through Sports for Black and White Women
Abigail Bowen
Part 3: Representation and Office Holding
12. Theorizing Kamala Harris
Danielle Casarez Lemi, Sarah Virginia Hayes, and Maricruz Ariana Osorio
13. Sí, Ella Puede! Social Movements, Community Activism, and Latina Legislative Leadership
Celeste Montoya
14. The Phenomenon of Autocannibalism and Black Women Judges’ On-the-Bench Experiences
Taneisha N. Means, Achal Fernando-Peiris, Georgia Hahn, Joseph Kelly, Elaina Peterkin, Katha Sikka, Sabrina Ulsh
15. Holding Office in Native America: The Policy Choices of Native Women Legislators
Elise Blasingame
16. "I’m A Mother First": How Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ intersecting Identities Inform her Criminal Justice Reform Policies
Andrene Z. Wright and Natasha Altema McNeely
17. The Squad Has Something to Say: Black and Latina Congressional Women, Twitter, and Representation during the Trump Era
Najja K. Baptist, Guillermo Caballero, Peay Perlioux, Michael Simrak
18. A CROWN For All of Us: The Double Momentum Model of Policy Entrepreneurship
Sherelle Roberts
