RU320: SABRINA STRINGS ON THE END OF LOVE – RACISM, SEXISM & THE DEATH OF ROMANCE http://www.renderingunconscious.org/politics/ru320-sabrina-strings-on-the-end-of-love-racism-sexism-the-death-of-romance/

Rendering Unconscious episode 320.

Rendering Unconscious welcomes Dr. Sabrina Strings to the podcast! She’s here to talk about her new book The End of Love: Racism, Sexism, and the Death of Romance. https://amzn.to/3Zqwpoo

Sabrina Strings, PhD is professor and North Hall Chair of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. https://www.sabrinastrings.com

Her book, Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia, won the 2020 Body and Embodiment Best Publication Award given by the American Sociological Association and was a Honorable Mention in the 2020 Sociology of Sex and Gender Distinguished Book Award, given by the American Sociological Association. https://amzn.to/4eNT4zy

Follow her at Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/yoginiblack/

Mentioned in this episode:

Susan Faludi’s Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women (1991/2006). https://amzn.to/49cddhe

Stephanie Coontz’s Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage (2006). https://amzn.to/4eQR4q0

Join Dr. Vanessa Sinclair for The Magical Films of Iconic Director Tim Burton, beginning December 1 online via Morbid Anatomy Museum: https://www.morbidanatomy.org/classes/the-magical-fims-of-tim-burton

Rendering Unconscious Podcast received the 2023 Gradiva Award for Digital Media from the National Association for the Advancement for Psychoanalysis (NAAP). https://naap.org/2023-gradiva-award-winners/

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