dc.access.option	Open Access
dc.contributor.advisor	Pearce, Susan C
dc.contributor.author	King, Nykaysia
dc.contributor.department	Sociology
dc.date.accessioned	2022-06-09T19:14:56Z
dc.date.available	2022-06-09T19:14:56Z
dc.date.created	2022-05
dc.date.issued	2022-05-12
dc.date.submitted	May 2022
dc.date.updated	2022-06-07T16:43:10Z
dc.degree.department	Sociology
dc.degree.discipline	MA-Sociology
dc.degree.grantor	East Carolina University
dc.degree.level	Masters
dc.degree.name	M.A.
dc.description.abstract	Through this thesis I sought to add to the literature regarding the influence of pervasive police brutality on young Black people. In it I explore the relationship between police brutality and influence on Black people's bodily autonomy by gender, gender identity, and sexuality. Through the lenses of Afro-Pessimism and Intersectionality, I find that the pervasive culture of police violence influences the bodily autonomy of young Black people. This influence varies by gender, gender identity, and sexuality, mirroring the policing of Black people's bodies throughout history. As such, I advocate for structural change in policing such that young Black people can self-autonomize and self-actualize as full human beings whose lives matter and have independent meaning.
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10342/10662
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	East Carolina University
dc.subject	Agency
dc.subject	Black Queer People
dc.subject.lcsh	Black people--Social conditions
dc.subject.lcsh	Police brutality
dc.subject.lcsh	Right to bodily autonomy
dc.subject.lcsh	Black lives matter movement
dc.title	The Black community and bodily autonomy : where do we go from here?
dc.type	Master's Thesis
dc.type.material	text

The Black community and bodily autonomy : where do we go from here?

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