| Young, Female and Black Contributor(s): Mirza, Heidi Safia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415067049 ISBN-13: 9780415067041 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1992 Annotation: Young black women bear all the hallmarks of a fundamentally unequal society. In arguing for a more structural understanding of inequality, Heidi Safia Mirza questions the popular, pervasive and celebratory construction of black female identity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Education - Medical | Allied Health Services - General |
| Dewey: 305.488 |
| LCCN: 91030180 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.17 lbs) 252 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Young black women bear all the hallmarks of a fundamentally unequal society. They do well at school, contribute to society, are good efficient workers yet, as a group they consistently fail to secure the economic status and occupational prestige they deserve. This book presents a serious challenge to the widely held myth that young black women consistently underachieve both at school and in the labour market. In a comparative study of research and writig from America, Britain and the Caribbean Young, Female and Black re-examines our present understanding of what is meant by educational underachievement, the black family and, in particular, black womanhood in Britain. |