Excited Delirium: Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease by Aisha

Description: Excited Delirium by Aisha M. Beliso-De JesÚs Aisha M. Beliso-De JesÚs examines the emergence of "excited delirium syndrome" in the 1980s, a fabricated medical diagnosis used to justify and erase police violence against Black and Brown communities in the United States. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In 1980, Charles Wetli---a Miami-based medical examiner and self-proclaimed "cult expert" of Afro-Caribbean religions---identified what he called "excited delirium syndrome." Soon, medical examiners began using the syndrome regularly to describe the deaths of Black men and women during interactions with police. Police and medical examiners claimed that Black people with so-called excited delirium exhibited superhuman strength induced from narcotics abuse. It was fatal heart failure that killed them, examiners said, not forceful police restraints. In Excited Delirium, Aisha M. Beliso-De JesÚs examines this fabricated medical diagnosis and its use to justify and erase police violence against Black and Brown communities. Exposing excited delirium syndromes flawed diagnostic criteria, she outlines its inextricable ties to the criminalization of Afro-Latiné religions. Beliso-De JesÚs demonstrates that it is yet a further example of the systemic racism that pervades law enforcement in which the culpability for state violence is shifted from the state onto its victims. In so doing, she furthers understanding of the complex layers of medicalized state-sanctioned violence against people of color in the United States. Author Biography Aisha M. Beliso-De JesÚs is Olden Street Professor of American Studies at Princeton University and author of Electric Santería: Racial and Sexual Assemblages of Transnational Religion. Table of Contents Authors Note: In Warning . . . xi Introduction: Haunted 1 Journal Entry: Monday, September 20, 2021 10 Emerald Hills, California 1. Nightmares 13 Journal Entry: Saturday, September 25, 2021 26 San Francisco, California 2. Bodies 20 Journal Entry: Saturday, October 2, 2021 43 Antioch, California 3. Murdered 46 Journal Entry: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 58 Stanford, California 4. Manic 60 Journal Entry: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 74 Emerald Hills, California 5. Panicked 77 Journal Entry: Friday, December 17, 2021 95 Stanford, California 6. Tormented 98 Journal Entry: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 117 Stanford, California 7. Brutalized 121 Journal Entry: Tuesday, December 2, 2021 134 Stanford, California 8. Excited 137 Journal Entry: Saturday, January 8, 2022 150 Oakland, California 9. Forced 152 Journal Entry: Tuesday, March 22, 2022 166 Stanford, California 10. Delirious 169 Journal Entry: Sunday, April 10, 2022 182 Emerald Hills, California 11. Conjured 184 Journal Entry: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 195 Antioch, California 12. Empower 197 Journal Entry: Thursday, September 8, 2022 210 Princeton, New Jersey Afterword 211 Modupué 215 Acknowledgments 219 Glossary 221 Notes 227 Bibliography 273 Index 293 Review "At once painful, intimate, and full of insight, Aisha M. Beliso-De JesÚss powerful book sits at the intersection of memoir, anthropology, and religious studies. The spirits have guided her pen to offer a prayer that exposes the lie of excited delirium syndrome and, hopefully, will help in the collective undoing of police violence in this country." -- Eddie S. Glaude Jr., James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, Princeton University"An unflinching tour de force, Excited Delirium casts a stark light on the shadows where racism, medicine, and systemic injustice meet. With meticulous research and exquisite prose, leading anthropologist Aisha M. Beliso-De JesÚs challenges readers to confront uncomfortable truths and the ways science is manipulated to advance narratives of power and social control—in this case, through a fictitious syndrome that has justified the deaths of Black and Brown people during encounters with law enforcement. This groundbreaking book is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the full implications of race and policing in America, illuminating a history that is as enlightening as it is urgent. Beliso-De JesÚss critical work stands as a beacon in the ongoing discussion on police violence---demanding attention, reflection, and, ultimately, action." -- Elizabeth Hinton, author of * America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s *"A unique addition to the literature on structural racism and police brutality." * Kirkus Reviews *"This is a fascinating examination of excited delirium syndrome, which was fabricated in 1980 and used by police to explain that Black and Brown people who died in their custody suffered from heart failure and not police violence. Its almost unbelievable. Almost." -- Karla Strand * Ms. Magazine * Details ISBN1478026324 Publisher Duke University Press Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781478026327 Format Hardcover Imprint Duke University Press Subtitle Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease Audience General Author Aisha M. Beliso-De JesÚs Place of Publication North Carolina Country of Publication United States Alternative 9781478030553 Illustrations 2 illustrations Pages 320 ISBN-10 1478026324 DEWEY 363.20973 Publication Date 2024-08-06 US Release Date 2024-08-06 UK Release Date 2024-08-06 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161215150;

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