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Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America
Yale University Press
September 2011
On Sale: September 1, 2011
392 pages
ISBN: 0300165412
EAN: 9780300165418
Kindle: B005HRE4BC
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Non-Fiction
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 crooked room that shames them and shapes their
experiences as citizens. Many respond by assuming a mantle
of strength that may convince others, and even themselves,
that they do not need help. But as a result, the unique
political issues of black women are often ignored and
marginalized. In this groundbreaking book, Melissa V. Harris-Perry uses
multiple methods of inquiry, including literary analysis,
political theory, focus groups, surveys, and experimental
research, to understand more deeply black women's political
and emotional responses to pervasive negative race and
gender images. Not a traditional political science work
concerned with office-seeking, voting, or ideology, Sister
Citizen instead explores how African American women
understand themselves as citizens and what they expect from
political organizing. Harris-Perry shows that the shared
struggle to preserve an authentic self and secure
recognition as a citizen links together black women in
America, from the anonymous survivors of Hurricane Katrina
to the current First Lady of the United States.
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