Further to fly : Black women and the politics of empowerment / Sheila Radford-Hill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Radford-Hill, Sheila, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women--Political activity.

African American women.

African American women--Economic conditions.

African American women--Social conditions.

Feminist theory--United States.

Feminist theory.

Feminism--United States.

Feminism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (146 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Further to Fly describes the ways in which, since the 1960's, black women have been stripped of their traditional status as agents of change in the community-and how, as a result, the black community has faltered. Radford-Hill explores the shortcomings of second-wave black and white feminism, revealing how their theoretical underpinnings have had unintended (and often unacknowledged) negative consequences for black women's lives and their communities.

Contents:

Toward an authentic feminism

Uses and limits of Black feminist theory and the decline of Black women's empowerment

Gender and community : the power of transcendence

The crisis of Black womanhood

The economic context of Black women's activism

The particulars of un-negation

Feminist leadership for the new century

Feminism, Black women, and the politics of empowerment.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-116) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9097-9

OCLC:

232159843