The sisters are alright : changing the broken narrative of black women in America /

"Everyone seems to have an opinion about American black women--they need to get married, change their hair, act like 'ladies, ' and so on. Celebrated writer Tamara Winfrey Harris writes a searing account of being a black woman in America and explains why it's time for black women...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Winfrey Harris, Tamara (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
1980-2020
African American women > Social conditions.
African American women > Public opinion.
African American women > Biography.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) > United States.
Racism > United States.
Sexism > United States.
Public opinion > United States.
Noires américaines > Conditions sociales.
Noires américaines > Opinion publique.
Noires américaines > Biographies.
Stéréotypes > États-Unis.
Racisme > États-Unis.
Sexisme > États-Unis.
Opinion publique > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
African American women
African American women > Social conditions
Public opinion
Race relations
Racism
Sexism
Social conditions
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
United States > Race relations.
United States > Social conditions > 1980-2020.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The trouble with black women
  • Beauty : pretty for a black girl
  • Sex : bump and grind
  • Marriage : witches, thornbacks, and sapphires
  • Motherhood : between Mammy and a hard place
  • Anger : twist and shout
  • Strength : precious mettle
  • Health : fat, sick, and crazy
  • Epilogue: The sisters are alright.

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