Ethnic Studies Review
Orginal Publication Date
1998
Journal Title
Ethnic Studies Review
Volume
21
Issue
esr/vol21/iss1
First Page
133
Last Page
134
Abstract
The women interviewed in Double Burden share personal accounts of what it is like to be black and female in the contemporary United States. Drawing on over two hundred interviews with middle-class, well-educated black women, Yannick St. Jean and Joe R. Feagin present a collective memory of the misrepresentation of black women in our history, as well as individual experiences and triumphs. Through excerpts of personal narratives on topics including career, work, physical appearance, media representation, relationships with white women, and motherhood, the women recount experiences dealing with everyday racism, the denigrating social messages about their beauty, self-worth, sexuality, intelligence, and drive.
Rights
Copyright ©ESR, The National Association for Ethnic Studies, 1998
Comments
The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Conference Perspectives and Retrospectives