Beyond the Black Lady Sexuality and the New African American Middle Class

Name: Beyond the Black Lady Sexuality and the New African American Middle Class
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ISBN: 9780252078903

ISBN-10: 025207890X

ISBN-13: 9780252078903

Edition: 2012

Authors: Lisa B. Thompson

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Lisa B. Thompson explores the representation of black middle-class female sexuality by African American women authors in narrative literature, drama, film, and popular culture, showing how these depictions reclaim black female agency and illustrate the difficulties black women confront in asserting sexual agency in the public sphere. Thompson broadens the discourse around black female sexuality by offering an alternate reading of the overly determined racial and sexual script that casts the middle class "black lady" as the bastion of African American propriety. Drawing on the work of black feminist theorists, she examines symptomatic autobiographies, novels, plays, and key episodes in…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 8/30/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English