Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America

$15.00

by Charisse Jones and Kumea Shorter-Gooden

Description

Based on the African American Women's Voices Project, Shifting reveals that a large number of African American women feel pressure to compromise their true selves as they navigate America's racial and gender bigotry. Black women "shift" by altering the expectations they have for themselves or their outer appearance. They modify their speech. They shift "white" as they head to work in the morning and "Black" as they come back home each night. They shift inward, internalizing the searing pain of the negative stereotypes that they encounter daily. And sometimes they shift by fighting back.
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With deeply moving interviews, poignantly revealed on each page, Shifting is a much-needed, clear, and comprehensive portrait of the reality of African American women's lives today.

About the Author

Charisse Jones is a national correspondent for USA Today. A former staff writer for the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, she has been a commentator for National Public Radio and is a contributing writer for Essence magazine.
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Kumea Shorter-Gooden, PhD, is a licensed psychologist in private practice and a professor at the California School of Professional Psychology of Alliant International University, Los Angeles.

Product Details

Category: Women's Studies

Language: English

Format/Binding: Paperback

Book Condition: New

ISBN-10: 0060090553

ISBN-13: 978-0060090555

Publisher: Harper Perennial

Date Published: July 27, 2004

Pages: 368

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