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DEMONIC GROUNDS: Black Women and the Cartographies of Struggle. By KATHERINE MCKITTRICK. xxxi and 190 pp.; map, diagr., ills., bibliog., index. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2006. $60.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780816647019; $20.00 (paper), ISBN: 9780816647026.
In this intriguingly titled, relatively short, but rather complex book, Demonic Grounds: Black Women and the Cartographies of Struggle, Katherine McKittrick examines a variety of themes that synthesize the fields of geography, women's studies, and black studies in such a captivating manner that I have no doubt that the book qualifies as an important interdisciplinary work that will be read and critiqued by a wide-ranging audience of scholars in feminist theory, Africana studies, and human geography.
In spite of the inviting title, as I read the book I often struggled to stay engaged with McKittrick's writing style and to stay attentive to her treatise, but my patience and persistence were rewarded. The conscientious reader who painstakingly reads Demonic Grounds will find the book very interesting and informative... |
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