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Young, Female and Black (Paperback, New) Loot Price: R1,385
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Young, Female and Black (Paperback, New): Heidi Safia Mirza

Young, Female and Black (Paperback, New)

Heidi Safia Mirza

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Young black women bear all the hallmarks of a fundamentally unequal society. They do well at school, contribute to society, are good efficient workers yet, as a group they consistently fail to secure the economic status and occupational prestige they deserve. Charting the experience of a group of young black women as they leave school and enter the world of work, Heidi Safia Mirza asks why it is that young black women suffer these injustices and reveals the processes of inequality that, despite the ideology of a meritocracy, persist in this society. In arguing for a more structural understanding of inequality, "Young Female and Black" questions the popular constructions of black female identity that to date have been so prevalent in explanations of black female educational achievement. In the comparative context of research and writing from Britain, America and the Caribbean, this book re-examines what is meant by "educational underachievement", the "black family" and in particular, "black womanhood" in Britain. This book should be of interest to undergraduates and postgraduates; women's studies, sociology of race and social policy.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: March 1992
First published: 1992
Authors: Heidi Safia Mirza
Dimensions: 216 x 138 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-06705-8
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
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LSN: 0-415-06705-7
Barcode: 9780415067058

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