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Gender talkEntry/Object ID
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xxxvi, 298 pages : 25 cm
Gender talk : the struggle for women's equality in African American communities by Johnnetta B. Cole and Beverly Guy-Sheftall.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-288) and index.
Summary: Examining why the “race problem” has become so male-centered and how this has opened a deep divide between Black women and men, the authors turn to their own lives, offering intimate accounts of their experiences as daughters, wives, and leaders. They examine pivotal moments in African American history when race and gender issues collided with explosive results. Along the way, they present the testimonies of a large and influential group of Black women and men, including Byllye Avery, Derrick A. Bell, Farai Chideya, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Michael Eric Dyson, Marcia Gillespie, bell hooks, and Faye Wattleton... publisher
Contents: The personal is political -- Having their say: conversations with sisters and brothers -- Collisions: Black liberation versus women's liberation -- The Black church: what's the word? -- Race secrets and the body politic -- Black, lesbian, and gay: speaking the unspeakable -- No respect: gender politics and hip-hop -- Where do we go from here?
Library copy: autographed on title page.Collection
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African American women -- Civil rights., African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975- ., Women's rights -- United States., African American women -- Social conditions., Sexism -- United States., Sex role -- United States., Authors, local -- Florida -- Jacksonville.Publication Details
Author
Cole, Johnnetta B., Guy-Sheftall, BeverlyPublisher
One WorldPlace Published
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New YorkCall No.
E 185.86 .C65 2003ISBN
9780345454133