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

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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Hlavní autor: Harris-Perry, Melissa V. (Melissa Victoria), 1973- (Autor)
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011.
New Haven : 2011.
On-line přístup:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=389343
Obsah:
  • "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.