NEW in CASBS's partnership w/ @laviedesidees.bsky.social & its English language site, Books & Ideas

Review of "Excited Delirium: Race, Police Violence and the Invention of a Disease." Author @beliso-dejesus.bsky.social worked on the book as a 2021-22 CASBS fellow

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"At the heart of Excited Delirium is a direct challenge to medicalized narratives that both prime Black people for premature death and scientifically blame them for dying."

Kevin Morris reviews @beliso-dejesus.bsky.social's latest book for #MassReviews: massreview.org/2025/05/20/t...

“Excited Delirium” - An enthralling anthropological text that is deeply relevant to a long-term project I’ve been writing on inquests, medical examiners, and police power. Incredible work, @beliso-dejesus.bsky.social! www.dukeupress.edu/excited-deli...

Catch authors @palomacg.bsky.social , @arlenedavila.bsky.social and @beliso-dejesus.bsky.social at events in February!
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Monday at Intellectual Publics 6:30pm ET!! Aisha Beliso-De Jesús @beliso-dejesus.bsky.social & Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez @dryofiggy.bsky.social in conversation on Beliso-De Jesús's new @dukepress.bsky.social book "Excited Delirium." www.gc.cuny.edu/events/excit... It's going to be so deep & smart!

www.dukeupress.edu/excited-deli...

The man who invented the disease had been a self-styled expert on Santería in Miami. Beliso-De Jesús tracks the continuities in his racist inventions while also telling the story of her own hauntings following the diagnosis from case to case in moving diary interludes. @dukepress.bsky.social

Aisha Beliso-De Jesús' book tell the story of an invented disease "excited delirium" not recognized by the AMA or other medical authorities, but used regularly to explain Black and Brown people dying in police custody. The panel on it at AAA in Tampa last week was fantastic. It's a powerful book!

I'm excited for this Intellectual Publics @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social conversation between Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús & @dryofiggy.bsky.social on Beliso-De Jesús' "Excited Delirium: Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease." Mon Dec 9 at 6:30pm ET
Via Zoom. RSVP bit.ly/exciteddelir...