Double Burden by Yanick St Jean

Double Burden by Yanick St Jean

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Departing from conventional studies of black women, which characterize them as domineering matriarchs, prostitutes and welfare queens, this text uses the concept of a "collective memory" to show how black women cope with and interpret lives often pervaded with racial barriers not of their making.

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Double Burden by Yanick St Jean

Studies of contemporary black women are rare and scattered, and are often extensions of a legacy beginning in the 19th century that characterized black women as domineering matriarchs, prostitutes, or welfare queens, negative characterizations that are perpetuated by both white and non-white social scientists. Based on over 200 interviews, this book departs from these conventions in significant ways, and, using a collective memory conceptual framework, shows how black women cope with and interpret lives often limited by racial barriers not of their making.
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ISBN 13 9781563249457
ISBN 10 1563249456
Title Double Burden
Author Yanick St Jean
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
Year published 1999-04-30
Number of pages 252
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.