02998nam 2200649Ia 450 991077819900332120230207230353.01-282-32905-797866123290501-59213-669-9(CKB)1000000000786606(EBL)449807(OCoLC)437407105(SSID)ssj0000110070(PQKBManifestationID)11140899(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110070(PQKBWorkID)10060441(PQKB)11571307(MiAaPQ)EBC449807(OCoLC)798297940(MdBmJHUP)muse15340(Au-PeEL)EBL449807(CaPaEBR)ebr10320542(CaONFJC)MIL232905(EXLCZ)99100000000078660620090219d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBehind the mask of the strong black woman[electronic resource] voice and the embodiment of a costly performance /Tamara Beauboeuf-LafontantPhiladelphia Temple University Pressc20091 online resource (195 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-59213-668-0 1-59213-667-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.A half-told tale of black womanhood -- More than "the historical, the monolithic me" : deconstructing strong black womanhood -- Living the lies : embodying "good" womanhood -- Keeping up appearances : the performance of strength -- Lies make us sick : embodied distress among strong black women -- Coming to voice : transcending strength -- Epilogue : mules no more, just "levelly human" : a societal challenge.The defining quality of Black womanhood is strength, states Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant in Behind the Mask of the Strong Black Woman. But, she argues, the idea of strength undermines its real function: to defend and maintain a stratified social order by obscuring Black women's experiences of suffering, acts of desperation, and anger. This provocative book lays bare the common perception that strength is an exemplary or defining quality of "authentic" Black womanhood.The author, a noted sociologist, interviews 58 Black women about being strong and proud, to illustrate their "performWomen, BlackPsychologyWomen, BlackSocial conditionsCharacterDetermination (Personality trait)Women, BlackPsychology.Women, BlackSocial conditions.Character.Determination (Personality trait)155.6/3308996073Beauboeuf-Lafontant Tamara1481869MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778199003321Behind the mask of the strong black woman3699140UNINA