Womanish Black girls : women resisting the contradictions of silence and voice / edited by Dianne Smith, Loyce Caruthers, and Shaunda Fowler ; with a foreword by Joy James.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Dianne, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women, Black.

African American women.

Women, Black--Social conditions.

African American women--Social conditions.

Silence--Social aspects.

Silence.

Social aspects.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

xiv, 154 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Gorham, ME : Myers Education Press, [2019]

Contents:

Part I Silencing Voice and (In)Visibility as Black Girls/Women

1 Dare to Break the Silence: My Mother, Myself p. 15 / Loyce Caruthers

2 My Voice: Loud, Strong, Resented, but Heard p. 29 / Valerie G. Tucker

3 My Name Is NOT Pastor's Wife: A Liberating Journey from a Voiceless Self p. 43 / Gloria T. Anderson

Part II Sexuality, Slut-Shaming, and Speaking a Black Girl's/Woman's Mind

4 My Soul Looks Back and Wonders How I Got Over: A Womanish Black Girl Reclaiming Her Superpower p. 61 / Shaunda Fowler

5 Crowning Queens and Shaming Sluts: Intersectionality Identification in the Mistress Stereotype p. 73 / Devair Jeffries and Rhonda Baynes Jeffries

6 Breaking the Silence: Black Women's Experience with Abortion p. 89 / Autumn B. Brown

7 Why I Am, Who I Am p. 105 / P.V.with Loyce Caruthers

Part III Womanism, Knowing, and Being Smart Black Girls/Women

8 Knowing Womanism: Memories, Love, Mama, and Me p. 121 / Dianne Smith

9 Educated Black Women as Conscious Resisters: How Our Mother's Love Made a Way p. 133 / Iesha Jackson and Trachette L. Jackson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1975500911

9781975500917

1975500903

9781975500900

OCLC:

1069540052

Publisher Number:

99980813817