The Language of Strong Black Womanhood
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-4408-5 (ISBN)
In The Language of Strong Black Womanhood: Myths, Models, Messages, and a New Mandate for Self-Care, Black women of the Baby Boomer generation and Hip Hop generation share messages communicated and models witnessed in their socialization for strength revealing how this mandate endures in Black women’s lived experiences. They also express concern that self-care was not presented as critical for sustaining life as a strong Black woman—a concern shared by Black women bloggers who advocate resisting the myth and redefining strength for self-care. This Black feminist exploration of strong Black womanhood provides an alternative to harmful perceptions, constructions, and representations of Black women and suggests a mandate to move toward the revolutionary act of Black women’s self-care.
Karla D. Scott is associate professor of communication, director of the African American Studies program and former assistant dean for diversity and inclusion in the College of Arts and Sciences at Saint Louis University.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction—The Making of a Myth: Strength to Survive
Chapter One—From Myth to Model: Contexts for Communicating and Situating Strength
Chapter Two—Socialized to be Strong: Messages for Success and Survival
Chapter Three—From the “South Side”: The Strength of Michelle Obama
Chapter Four—Resist and Redefine: A new discourse of strength on Black feminist blogs
Chapter Five—Self-care for strong sistas: An Oxymoron?
Conclusion—Black girl magic has limits: Repurposing strength for self care
Appendix A: On line survey questions
Appendix B: Focus group questions
References
About the Author
Erscheinungsdatum | 31.01.2018 |
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Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 240 mm |
Gewicht | 358 g |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft |
ISBN-10 | 1-4985-4408-8 / 1498544088 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4985-4408-5 / 9781498544085 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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