9780759101517

Black Intimacies

Format: Hardcover

ISBN13: 9780759101517

Hardcover|9780759101517


Overview

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.

ISBN-13

9780759101517

ISBN-10

0759101515

Weight

1.15 Pounds

Dimensions

6.26 x 0.85 x 9.24 In

List Price

$110.00

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Pages

256 pages

Publisher

Altamira Press

Published On

2004-12-17



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