Nominated for the 1995 Distinguished Publication Award of the
Association for Women in Psychology A provocative, insightful
volume, Black Women in America offers an interdisciplinary study of
black women's historic activism, representation in literature and
popular media, self-constructed images, and current psychosocial
challenges. This new work by outstanding scholars in the field of
race and gender studies explores the ways in which black women have
constantly reconstructed and transformed alien definitions of black
womanhood. Black women have an image of themselves that differs
from those others impose. Collectively, the contributors to this
anthology demonstrate that such socially constructed images hide
the complexities and ambiguities, the challenges, and the joys
experienced in the real lives of black women. Multifaceted in its
approach, Black Women in America is certain to stimulate debate,
stretch minds, and spark future research. Black Women in America is
a welcome resource for scholars and students in African American or
Ethnic Studies, Women's Studies, Sociology, and Psychology. "The
volume can be helpful in stimulating questions and discussion for
students in African American studies." --Choice "Black Women in
America combines social history with contemporary analysis in one
of the most thoughtful of scholarly compendia I have ever seen. It
will be useful to scholars who teach history, sociology, African
American studies, and women's studies, but also to any American
interested in a deeper and broader understanding of America's past,
present, and future." --Sarah Susannah Willie, Colby College, Maine
"At a time when several anthologies of essays by and about black
women are hitting the shelves, Kim Marie Vaz's volume boasts an
unusual and inventive mix of topics. It treats a range of
historical eras and geographical locations. . . . The apt emphasis
on resistance rather than victimization is apparent throughout the
essays I read; it provides an excellent focal point. . . . In all,
Vaz's editorial contribution is admirable. She has collected an
impressively wide-ranging group of essays on the history,
sociology, and culture of black women. Interdisciplinary in its
approach and sound in its scholarship, the volume will be welcomed
by scholars and students in African American studies and women's
studies in particular, but also history, sociology, and political
science." --Cheryl Ann Wall, Rutgers University
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