| Title | : | Double Burden |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Yanick St Jean & Joe R. Feagin |
| Release | : | 2015-03-04 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Social Science, Books, Nonfiction, History, Society |
| Size | : | 2732402 |
| 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. |
