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Black Intimacies
Shirley A. Hill
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Description for Black Intimacies
Paperback. Applies a gender lens to the multiple systems of oppression that have shaped the lives of African American women and men. This book is suitable for students and instructors of African American Studies, Gender Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Marriage and Family, and Social Work. Series: Gender Lens Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
In Black Intimacies: A Gender Perspective on Families and Relationships, Shirley A. 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. Through a critique of intersectionality theory, 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, Hill's work rethinks ... Read more
In Black Intimacies: A Gender Perspective on Families and Relationships, Shirley A. 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. Through a critique of intersectionality theory, 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, Hill's work rethinks ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Gender Lens Series
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
California, United States
ISBN
9780759101524
SKU
V9780759101524
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Ref
99-15
About Shirley A. Hill
Shirley A. Hill is professor of sociology at the University of Kansas whose work focuses on social inequality, families, and health care issues. She is the author of Managing Sickle Cell Disease in Low-Income Families (Temple, 1994) and African American Children: Socialization and Development in Families (Sage, 1999).
Reviews for Black Intimacies
In Black Intimacies: A Gender Perspective on Families ans Relationships, Hill challenges long-standing models, research, and assumptions about dimensions of Black sexuality....It provides insightful linkages between historic systemic and individual-level choices among Black women and men (and the larger society) that have resulted in contemporary challenges....Hill's attempt is commendable and several chapters...are particularly robust in the use of postmodern thought ... Read more