Underserved Women of Color, Voice, and Resistance

Sonja M. Brown Givens; Keisha Edwards Tassie

doi:10.5771/9780739185599

Summary

Contemporary research on the lives and experiences of women of color tends to neglect the influence of women’s perceived access to voice as they manage tensions related to race, class, and gender. Underserved Women of Color, Voice, and Resistance: Claiming a Seat at the Table contributes to current dialogues that construct Black Feminist Theory as active, critical engagement within dominant American institutions that oppress women of color in their daily lives. Women of color face unique social challenges that exist at the intersections of race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. While some challenges are common to women of color, others reflect the distinct journey each woman makes as she negotiates her identity within her family, professional circle, social and romantic relationships, and community. The editors have constructed a rich collection of voices in this work exploring the politics of women of color across various social contexts.

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Copyright year: 2014
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7391-8558-2
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7391-8559-9
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 171
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Foreword No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
1 Finding Our Voices No access Pages 1 - 22
2 My Name Is Not Maria/Samira No access Pages 23 - 42
3 Current Perspectives on the Intersectionality of Military Women No access Pages 43 - 58
4 Writing for Ourselves No access Pages 59 - 80
5 “You Speak Ebonics Right?!” No access Pages 81 - 90
6 A Resistance Story No access Pages 91 - 106
7 Black Atlantic Heretics of Empire 1919–1965 No access Pages 107 - 130
8 Teaching Autocritiography by Women of Color Feminists No access Pages 131 - 148
9 I Came with Resistance in Mind No access Pages 149 - 164
Index No access Pages 165 - 166
About the Contributors No access Pages 167 - 171