ISBN:
9781563249440
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (252 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Double Burden: Black Women and Everyday Racism
DDC:
305.48/896073
Abstract:
Studies of contemporary black women are rare and scattered, and are often extensions of a legacy beginning in the 19th century that characterized black women as domineering matriarchs, prostitutes, or welfare queens, negative characterizations that are perpetuated by both white and non-white social scientists. Based on over 200 interviews, this book departs from these conventions in significant ways, and, using a ""collective memory"" conceptual framework, shows how black women cope with and interpret lives often limited by racial barriers not of their making
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowlegments; Chapter 1 The Lives of Black Women: Introduction and Overview; Harsh Representations of Black Women; Racial Oppression and Stigmatization of Black Women; Practicing Gendered Discrimination; Racism at Work; The ""Beauty"" of Racism; The Racist Past and Its Contemporary Legacies; Fighting Back: An Oppositional Culture; Voices of Black Women and Men; Conclusion; Chapter 2 Black Women at Work; Racial Discrimination at Work; White Manipulation: Using Black Women
Description / Table of Contents:
Consequences of Racism at Work: Black FamiliesConclusion; Chapter 3 Black Beauty in a Whitewashed World; Stigmatizing Black Beauty; Contradictions and Consequences of Stigmatization; Fighting Back Successfully; Beauty Standards and Black Men; Conclusion; Chapter 4 Common Myths and Media Images of Black Women; Myths About African American Women: Sexuality and Attractiveness; Racial-Sexual Myths and Their Origins; Other Media Stigmatization of Black Women; Media Stigmatizing of the African American Family; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Distancing White Women; Racial Conflict in Organizations
Description / Table of Contents:
Friction with White Women in Other SettingsMajor Differences Across the Color Line; Supportive White Women; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Black Families: Goals and Responses; The Extended Family in Black America; The Many Strengths of Black Families; Troubles in Families and Communities; Black Women's Hopes and Goals for Their Families; Conclusion; Chapter 7 Motherhood and Families; The Significance of Motherhood; A Sense of Control; Conclusion; Chapter 8 Finale; Black Women at Work; Concepts of Beauty; Media Portrayals of Black Women; Black and White Women; Black Families; Motherhood
Description / Table of Contents:
What We've LearnedNotes; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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