Black Intimacies: A Gender Perspective on Families and Relationships (Gender Lens Series) - Couverture souple

Hill, Shirley A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0759101523 ISBN 13 : 9780759101524

Editeur : Altamira Press, 2004

Synopsis

In Black Intimacies: A Gender Perspective on Families and Relationships, Shirley A. Hill applies a gender lens to the multiple systems of oppression that have shaped the lives of African American women and men. She challenges the image of a monolithic black population, a legacy of the civil rights movement that she argues is impossible to sustain in the postmodern era. Through a critique of intersectionality theory, Hill examines the ways in which gender has affected experiences of intimacy, family relationships, child rearing and motherhood for contemporary African Americans. Drawing on ethnographic material, interviews, and scholarly research, Hill's work rethinks the cultural and historical definitions of black identity, and reconceptualizes the various forms of oppression faced by black women. This book will be useful to students and instructors of African American Studies, Gender Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Marriage and Family, and Social Work.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Shirley A. Hill is professor of sociology at the University of Kansas whose work focuses on social inequality, families, and health care issues. She is the author of Managing Sickle Cell Disease in Low-Income Families (Temple, 1994) and African American Children: Socialization and Development in Families (Sage, 1999).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Altamira Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0759101523
• ISBN 13: 9780759101524
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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