03138nam 2200721Ia 450 991095605610332120200520144314.097866123290509781282329058128232905797815921366981592136699(CKB)1000000000786606(EBL)449807(OCoLC)437407105(SSID)ssj0000110070(PQKBManifestationID)11140899(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110070(PQKBWorkID)10060441(PQKB)11571307(OCoLC)798297940(MdBmJHUP)muse15340(Au-PeEL)EBL449807(CaPaEBR)ebr10320542(CaONFJC)MIL232905(MiAaPQ)EBC449807(Perlego)2031211(EXLCZ)99100000000078660620090219d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBehind the mask of the strong black woman voice and the embodiment of a costly performance /Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant1st ed.Philadelphia Temple University Pressc20091 online resource (195 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781592136681 1592136680 9781592136674 1592136672 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 Tamara1804181MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956056103321Behind the mask of the strong black woman4352082UNINA