Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America by Kumea Shorter-Gooden, Charisse Jones

Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America

Kumea Shorter-Gooden, Charisse Jones

368 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction feminism race sociology challenging informative reflective fast-paced
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Based on the African American Women's Voices project, a study with four hundred women across the United States that represents a diverse range of black women, Shifting reveals the subtle pressure black women feel to "shift" their real selves as a ...

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