Gender Talk The Struggle for Women's Equality in African American Communities

Name: Gender Talk The Struggle for Women's Equality in African American Communities
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ISBN: 9780345454126

ISBN-10: 034545412X

ISBN-13: 9780345454126

Edition: 2003

Authors: Johnnetta B. Cole, Beverly Guy-Sheftall

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Why has the African American community remained silent about gender even as race has moved to the forefront of our nation’s consciousness? In this important new book, two of the nation’s leading African American intellectuals offer a resounding and far-reaching answer to a question that has been ignored for far too long. Hard-hitting and brilliant in its analysis of culture and sexual politics, Gender Talk asserts boldly that gender matters are critical to the Black community in the twenty-first century. In the Black community, rape, violence against women, and sexual harassment are as much the legacy of slavery as is racism. Johnnetta Betsch Cole and Beverly Guy-Sheftall argue powerfully…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/4/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface


Introduction


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?


Appendix


Notes


Bibliography


Index