“Moffett-Bateau argues that Black women’s political engagement has been othered because it does not align with traditional definitions or perceptions of what is considered political.... She examines how Black women engage within their communities, develop and foster a sense of belonging, and utilize power to exert their political prowess…. Moffett-Bateau masterfully incorporates her participants’ experiences.... Redefining the Political is a paradigm shifting contribution to political theory.... an exemplar for political theory concept development.”—Contemporary Sociology

"Redefining the Political introduces frameworks that recognize and document the everyday political identities and engagement of low-income Black women. These frameworks capture the extra-systemic politics that disenfranchised Black women engage in to advocate for basic survival.... The first part of the book lays out the conceptual formulations. The second part provides case studies that apply the frameworks to everyday women.... [T]he book provides useful tools for understanding how marginalized Black women create political power.... Summing Up: Recommended."—Choice

“[B]eautifully crafted and well-argued research.... One of the gems of this work is the careful attention to the genealogy of scholarship focusing on Black women and political engagement. This work beautifully carries the baton held by Zora Neale Hurston, Michele Berger, and Zenzele Isoke, among others, who study Black politics and Black women’s politics more specifically. It paves the way for future work by prompting us to consider how the theoretical frameworks, grounded in a radical Black feminist sensibility, can help us understand Diasporic Black women’s politics and political engagement without essentializing context and geographical factors, among many others.”—Political Science Quarterly