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: 9780345454133

ISBN-10: 0345454138

ISBN-13: 9780345454133

Edition: N/A

Authors: Johnnetta B. Cole, Beverly Guy-Sheftall

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In the Black community, rape, violence against women, and sexual harassment are as much the legacy of slavery as is racism. In Gender Talk Johnnetta Betsch Cole and Beverly Guy-Sheftall argue powerfully that the only way to defeat this legacy is to focus on the intersection of race and gender. 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…

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List price: $17.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/30/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.23" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.264
Language: English

Johnnetta B. Cole is the current president of Bennett College and President Emerita of Spelman College.



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