Shifting the double lives of Black women in America
"Based on the African American Women's Voices Project, Shifting reveals that a large number of African American women feel pressure to compromise their true selves as they navigate America's racial and gender bigotry. Black women "shift" by altering the expectations they have for themselves or their...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Perennial,
2004.
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| Edition: | First Perennial edition. |
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| Summary: | "Based on the African American Women's Voices Project, Shifting reveals that a large number of African American women feel pressure to compromise their true selves as they navigate America's racial and gender bigotry. Black women "shift" by altering the expectations they have for themselves or their outer appearance. They modify their speech. They shift "White" as they head to work in the morning and "Black" as they come back home each night. They shift inward, internalizing the searing pain of the negative stereotypes that they encounter daily. And sometimes they shift by fighting back"--Amazon.com |
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| Item Description: | "Based on the African American women's voices project"--Cover |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 340 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-326) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780060090555 0060090553 |
