Redefining the Political: Black Feminism and the Politics of Everyday Life - Paperbackby Alex J. Moffett Bateau (Author) Redefining the Political documents the political life of a community of Black women living below the poverty line. Alex Moffett Bateau spent a year interviewing residents of a public housing development on the far South Side of Chicago about their politics, political communities, and how they create collective power. Moffett Bateau uses radical Black feminist political theory and develops a framework called the