Sister Circle

Black Women and Work

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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Although black women’s labor was essential to the development of the United States, studies of these workers have lagged far behind those of working black men and white women. Adding insult to injury, a stream of images in film, television, magazines, and music continues to portray the work of black women in a negative light.Sister Circle offers an innovative approach to representing work in the lives of black women. Contributors from many fields explore an array of lives and activities, allowing us to see for the first time the importance of black women’s labor in the aftermath of slavery. A brand new light is shed on black women’s roles in the tourism industry, as nineteenth-century social activists, as labor leaders, as working single mothers, as visual artists, as authors and media figures, as church workers, and in many other fields. A unique feature of the book is that each contributor provides an autobiographical statement, connecting her own life history to the subject she surveys.The first group of essays, “Work It Sista!” identifies the sites of black women’s paid and unpaid work. In “Foremothers: The Shoulders on Which We Stand,” contributors look to the past for the different kinds of work that black women have performed over the last two centuries. Essays in “Women’s Work through the Artist’s Eyes” highlight black women’s work in literature, drama, and the visual arts. The collection concludes with “Detours on the Road to Work: Blessings in Disguise,” writings surveying connections between black women’s personal and professional lives.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2002-06-03
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt513 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor312
FörlagRutgers University Press
MedarbetareMcKay,Nellie
ISBN9780813530611

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ForewordNellie McKayPreface: Sisters in a CircleAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Historical Overview of Black Women and WorkSharon HarleyFrancille Rusan WilsonShirley Wilson LoganPart 1 - Work It Sista!The Black Side of the Mirror: The Black Body in the WorkplaceTaunya Lovell BanksFlying the Love Bird and Other Tourist Jobs in Jamaica: Women Workers in NegrilA. Lynn Bolles"Working for Nothing but for a Living": Black Women in the Underground EconomySharon HarleyBetween a Rock and a Hard Place: Mothering, Work, and Welfare in the Rural SouthBonnie Thornton DillTallese JohnsonGetting Paid: Black Women Economists Reflect on Women and WorkRhonda M. WilliamsPart 2 - Foremothers: The Shoulders on Which We Stand"Don't Let Nobody Bother Yo' Principle": The Sexual Economy of American SlaveryAdrienne Davis"And We Claim Our Rights": The Rights Rhetoric of Black and White Women Activists before the Civil WarCarla L. Peterson"What Are We Worth": Anna Julia Cooper Defines Black Women's Work at the Dawn of the Twentieth CenturyShirley Wilson Logan"All of the Glory... Faded... Quickly": Sadie T.M. Alexander and Black Professional Women, 1920-1950Francille Rusan WilsonA Sister in the Brotherhood: Rosina Corrothers Tucker and the Sleeping Car Porters, 1930-1950Melinda ChateauvertPart 3 - Women's Work through the Artist's EyesDeclaring (Ambiguous) Liberty: Paule Marshall's Middle-Class WomenMary Helen WashingtonSearching for Memories: Visualizing My Art and Our WorkDeborah WillisPart 4 - Detours on the Road to Work: Blessings in DisguiseLabor above and beyond the Call: A Black Woman Scholar in the AcademyMarilyn Mobley McKenzieWhen the Spirit Takes Hold, What the Work Becomes!Judi Moore LattaAbout the ContributorsIndex