Sister citizen : shame, stereotypes, and Black women in America /

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Jezebel's sexual lasciviousness, Mammy's devotion, and Sapphire's outspoken anger -- these are among the most persistent stereotypes that black women encounter in contemporary American life. Hurtful and dishonest, such representations force African American women to navigate a virtual...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Harris-Perry, Melissa V. (Melissa Victoria), 1973- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011.
New Haven : 2011.
Sujets:
African American women > Politics and government.
African American women > Political activity.
African American women > Psychology > Political aspects.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) > United States.
African American women > Social conditions.
Noires américaines > Activité politique.
Noires américaines > Psychologie > Aspect politique.
Stéréotypes > États-Unis.
Noires américaines > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
United States.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • "The hurricane," from Their eyes were watching God / Zora Neale Hurston
  • "The Bridge poem" / Kate Rushin
  • Crooked room
  • Myth
  • "Resisting the shame of Shug Avery," from The color purple / Alice Walker
  • Shame
  • Disaster
  • "No mirrors in my Nana's house" / Sweet Honey in the Rock, lyrics by Ysaye Maria Barnwell
  • Strength
  • God
  • "Praise song for the day" / Elizabeth Alexander
  • Michelle.

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