Bibliograph

Gender talk, the struggle for women's equality in African American communities, Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Beverly Guy-Sheftall

Type

Label

Gender talk, the struggle for women's equality in African American communities, Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Beverly Guy-Sheftall

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Gender talk

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

647807702

Responsibility statement

Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Beverly Guy-Sheftall

Sub title

the struggle for women's equality in African American communities

Summary

"Gender Talk" does what no book has done before--provide an honest, hard-hitting, internal analysis of contemporary gender politics wthin the African-American community. This important and controversial book asserts boldly that without attention to gender matters there can be no long-lasting solution to many of the community's race problems

Table Of Contents

The personal is political -- Having their say: conversations with sisters and brothers -- Collisions: Black liberation versus women's liberation -- The Black church: what's the word? -- Race secrets and the body politic -- Black, lesbian, and gay: speaking the unspeakable -- No respect: gender politics and hip-hop -- Where do we go from here?

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