a gender perspective on families and relationships
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Hill, Shirley A.
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- VS 35 2005
- Thesaurus
- gezinnen, relaties, zwarte vrouwen, diversiteit, racisme, kinderen, moederschap, geweld, Verenigde Staten
- Description
- In this book Hill applies a gender lens to the multiple systems of oppression that have shaped the lives of African American women and men. She challenges the image of a monolithic black population, a legacy of the civil rights movement that she argues is impossible to sustain in the postmodern era. Hill examines the ways in which gender has affected experiences of intimacy, family relationships, child-rearing, and motherhood for contemporary African Americans. Drawing on ethnographic material, interviews, and scholarly research, her work rethinks the cultural and historical definitions of black identity and reconceptualises the various forms of oppression faced by black women.