black career women redefine marriage, motherhood, and community
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Barnes, Riché J. Daniel
- Publish Year
- 2016
- Shelfmark
- VS 51 2016 - B
- Thesaurus
- loopbanen, zwarte vrouwen, etniciteit, moederschap, Verenigde Staten
- Description
- This book examines how black, married career women juggle their relationships with their extended and nuclear families, the expectations of the black community, and their desires to raise healthy, independent children. Drawing from interviews with Atlanta-based professional women who left or modified careers as attorneys, physicians, executives, and administrators,the author found that their decisions were deeply rooted in an awareness of black women’s historical struggles. Departing from the possessive individualistic discourse of “having it all,” the women profiled here think beyond their own situation, considering ways their decisions might help the entire black community.