Not Just Race, Not Just Gender: Black Feminist Readings

ISBN-13: 9780415903264 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 192 str.

Valerie Smith

Opis

From the 19th-century articulations of Sojourner Truth to such contemporary thinkers as Patricia J. Williams, black feminists have always recognized the mutual dependence of race and gender. In this text, Valerie Smith explores the myriad ways race and gender shape lives and social practices. Smith identifies black feminist theorizing as a strategy of reading rather than as something located in a particular subjective experience. Her intent is not to deny the validity of black women's lived experience, but rather to resist deploying a uniform model of black women's lives. Whether reading race or gender in the Central Park jogger case or in contemporary media, like Livin' Large, Smith dispalys critical rigour that promises to change the way we think about race and gender.

Recenzje

"Smith's book addresses a recurrent concern in cultural studies and is useful in identifying distinctions between "theorizing black feminisms" and "black feminist theory." Upper-division undergraduates and above." -- Choic, March 1999
"Smith examines long-standing dilemmas, deivering topical, worthwhile reading for those interested in how life and art intertwine and affect Black feminism." -- Essence
"[Not Just Race, Not Just Gender] is a dazzling display of passionate scholarship and new ideas." -- Ms. Magazine

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Split Affinities; Chapter 2 Class and Gender in Narratives of Passing; Chapter 3 Authenticity in Narratives of the Black Middle Class; Chapter 4 Intersectionality and Experiments in Black Documentary; Chapter 5 Convergences;

O autorze

Valerie Smith is Professor of English and Chair of Program in Afro-American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles.