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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807759903321

Autore

Simien Evelyn M. <1974->

Titolo

Black feminist voices in politics / / Evelyn M. Simien

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2006

ISBN

0-7914-8164-6

1-4294-1351-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Disciplina

323.196/073/0082

Soggetti

Feminism - United States - History

African American women - Social conditions

Women - Political activity - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-184) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Charting a course for Black women's studies in political science -- From margin to center : African American women and Black feminist theory -- Race trumps gender or vice versa? : cross pressures, and deliberate choices -- Black feminist consciousness and its determinants : factors rooted in experience -- Black feminist consciousness, race consciousness, and Black political behavior -- The future of feminist scholarship and Black politics research.

Sommario/riassunto

In Black Feminist Voices in Politics, Evelyn M. Simien charts a course for black women's studies in political science. Examining the simultaneous effects of race and gender on political behavior, Simien uses a national telephone survey sample of the adult African American population to discover the extent to which black women and men support black feminist tenets. At the heart of this book are answers to such questions as: How does the absence of black feminist voices impair our understanding of group consciousness? What factors make individuals more or less likely to adopt black feminist views? Are men just as likely as women to support black feminist tenets? Simien analyzes the survey data, responds to limitations of existing research, and addresses critical questions that many black academics, intellectuals, and activists have devoted significant energy to debating without much empirical evidence.