| Jagged Edges: Black Professional Women in White Male Worlds Contributor(s): Hill, James L. (Editor), Talley-Ross, Nancy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820424668 ISBN-13: 9780820424668 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Women's Studies - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
| Dewey: 331.408 |
| LCCN: 94014639 |
| Series: Angel Park Soccer Stars (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 5.72" W x 8.82" (0.45 lbs) 132 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Florida - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study examines the lives of African-American women practicing in non-traditional, white male-dominated professions through an analysis of their life histories. Non-directive interviews were conducted with seventeen African-American women practicing in professions such as law, medicine, corporate management and journalism. The six themes that emerged from the data were: parental promotion of optimism, parental and informant promotion of self-reliance, enjoyment of and emphasis developmentally on reading, support for attending traditional black colleges and universities, positive accommodation of racism and a strong promotion of church affiliation. |