Behind the Mask of the Strong Black Woman: Voice and the Embodiment of a Costly Performance

ISBN-13: 9781592136674 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 194 str.

Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant

Opis

Drawing on Black feminist scholarship, cultural studies, and women's history, this work traces the historical and social influences of normative Black femininity, looking at how notions of self-image and strength create a distraction from broader forces of discrimination and power.