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Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300188188
ISBN-13
9780300188189
eBay Product ID (ePID)
143620969
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Book Title
Sister Citizen : Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Women in Politics, Women's Studies, Social Psychology, Civics & Citizenship, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2013
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Yes
Genre
Political Science, Social Science, Psychology
Format
Trade Paperback
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Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
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Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"[Melissa Harris-Perry's] academic research is inspired by a desire to investigate the challenges facing contemporary black Americans and the creative ways that African Americans respond to these challenges."- Great Neck Record, "This is the beauty of the book....The insight and grace with which Harris-Perry tackles the thorny issue of African American women's identity politics makes it a must-read."-- Jordan Kisner, Slate, "Astonishing. . . . Sister Citizen is written for the benefit of all Americans--sister citizens, brother citizens, and anyone else who cares about the way this country works."--Tayari Jones, San Francisco Chronicle "This is the beauty of the book. . . . The insight and grace with which Harris-Perry tackles the thorny issue of African American women''s identity politics makes it a must-read."--Jordan Kisner, Slate "Astonishing. . . . Sister Citizen is written for the benefit of all Americans - sister citizens, brother citizens and anyone else who cares about the way this country works."--Tayari Jones, San Francisco Chronicle "Harris-Perry offers fascinating observations of how black women are, at times, constricted by their mythology and asserts that their ''experiences act as a democratic litmus test for the nation.''"--Vanessa Bush, Booklist "[Melissa Harris-Perry''s] academic research is inspired by a desire to investigate the challenges facing contemporary black Americans and the creative ways that African Americans respond to these challenges."-- Great Neck Record "After I read Sister Citizen , two words sprang to my mind: Thank you."--Patrik Henry Bass, Essence "In Sister Citizen , Harris-Perry combines her skills as a social scientist, political observer, writer and griot to deftly illustrate how the social, economic, and political conditions of black women, particularly those on the margins, are the index for America at large."--Byron Williams, Oakland Tribune "A feminist manifesto endeavoring to free sisters forever from the cruel and very limiting ways in which they continue to be pigeonholed."--Kam Williams, Insight Finalist for the 43rd NAACP Image Awards in the Nonfiction Literature Category " Sister Citizen carefully documents the complex challenges and hurdles Black women face in the 21st century. Harris-Perry''s book is both insightful and provocative. A must read for those interested in learning more about American politics."--Donna Brazile, political commentator for CNN and ABC News and former interim chair of the Democratic National Committee "Melissa Harris-Perry is one of our most trenchant readers of modern black life. In Sister Citizen , she gives new life to the idea that ''the personal is political.'' This book will change the conversation about the rights, responsibilities, and burdens of citizenship."--Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University " Sister Citizen lends empirical heft to the adage the ''personal is political.'' Melissa Harris-Perry does an excellent job of weaving literature, social science, and personal accounts to produce a powerful work on black women''s politics. Brilliant."--Lester K. Spence, author of Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics "This is a broad, ambitious and important book that centers black women at the heart of American politics. Harris-Perry broadens our ideas of what counts as political, disrupts our ideas about what the study of American politics should look like, and restores our belief that resistance and struggle can change lives, communities and nations."--Cathy J. Cohen, author of Boundaries of Blackness and Democracy Remixed "In this compelling book, dazzling in its breadth and depth, Melissa Harris-Perry deploys the quantitative tools of the political scientist as expertly as she displays the qualitative methods of the literary and cultural critic. Sister Citizen challenges readers to rethink the meaning of politics when it comes to the complex lives of African American women."--Beverly Guy-Sheftall, founding director, Spelman College Women''s Research and Resource Center, "This is a broad, ambitious and important book that centers black women at the heart of American politics.Harris-Perry commands multiple methods, sources, and theories to provide a nuanced, caring, and provocative reading of black women as archetypal citizens, barometers of the health of our democracy. Supporting her arguments throughout the book are the words, ideas and actions of black women. From her opening discussion of Their Eyes Were Watching God and Hurricane Katrina to her final chapter on Michelle Obama, Harris-Perry offers a new reading of black women's emotional and psychological lives as inherently political, reflecting the work of marginal communities to gain political recognition. In this work, Harris-Perry broadens our ideas of what counts as political, disrupts our ideas about what the study of American politics should look like, and restores our belief that resistance and struggle can change lives, communities and nations."-Cathy J. Cohen, University of Chicago, "Astonishing. . . . Sister Citizen is written for the benefit of all Americans--sister citizens, brother citizens, and anyone else who cares about the way this country works."--Tayari Jones, San Francisco Chronicle "This is the beauty of the book. . . . The insight and grace with which Harris-Perry tackles the thorny issue of African American women's identity politics makes it a must-read."--Jordan Kisner, Slate "Harris-Perry offers fascinating observations of how black women are, at times, constricted by their mythology and asserts that their 'experiences act as a democratic litmus test for the nation.'"--Vanessa Bush, Booklist "[Melissa Harris-Perry's] academic research is inspired by a desire to investigate the challenges facing contemporary black Americans and the creative ways that African Americans respond to these challenges."-- Great Neck Record "After I read Sister Citizen , two words sprang to my mind: Thank you."--Patrik Henry Bass, Essence "In Sister Citizen , Harris-Perry combines her skills as a social scientist, political observer, writer and griot to deftly illustrate how the social, economic, and political conditions of black women, particularly those on the margins, are the index for America at large."--Byron Williams, Oakland Tribune "A feminist manifesto endeavoring to free sisters forever from the cruel and very limiting ways in which they continue to be pigeonholed."--Kam Williams, Insight Finalist for the 43rd NAACP Image Awards in the Non-Fiction Literature Category " Sister Citizen carefully documents the complex challenges and hurdles Black women face in the 21st century. Harris-Perry's book is both insightful and provocative. A must read for those interested in learning more about American politics."--Donna Brazile, Political Commentator for CNN and ABC News and former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee "Melissa Harris-Perry is one of our most trenchant readers of modern black life. In Sister Citizen , she gives new life to the idea that 'the personal is political.' This book will change the conversation about the rights, responsibilities, and burdens of citizenship."--Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University "This is a broad, ambitious and important book that centers black women at the heart of American politics. Harris-Perry broadens our ideas of what counts as political, disrupts our ideas about what the study of American politics should look like, and restores our belief that resistance and struggle can change lives, communities and nations."--Cathy J. Cohen, author of Boundaries of Blackness and Democracy Remixed "In this compelling book, dazzling in its breadth and depth, Melissa Harris-Perry deploys the quantitative tools of the political scientist as expertly as she displays the qualitative methods of the literary and cultural critic. Sister Citizen challenges readers to rethink the meaning of politics when it comes to the complex lives of African American women."--Beverly Guy-Sheftall, founding director, Spelman College Women's Research and Resource Center " Sister Citizen lends empirical heft to the adage the 'personal is political.' Melissa Harris-Perry does an excellent job of weaving literature, social science, and personal accounts to produce a powerful work on black women's politics. Brilliant."--Lester K. Spence, author of Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics, "After I read Melissa Harris-Perry's new effort, Sister Citizen , two words sprang to my mind: Thank you...[She] convincingly argues that tired images of Black women as castrating shrews, neck-rolling round-the-way girls and long-suffering, asexual mammies undermine Black women's progress and power. . . She wisely uses the powerful chorus of real women to echo her battle cry that all sisters must be seen as true citizens before this country can move forward."-Patrik Henry Bass, Essence, " Sister Citizen carefully documents the complex challenges and hurdles Black women face in the 21st century. Harris-Perry's book is both insightful and provocative. A must read for those interested in learning more about American politics."-Donna Brazile, Political Commentator for CNN and ABC News and former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee, "In Sister Citizen , Harris-Perry combines her skills as a social scientist, political observer, writer and griot to deftly illustrate how the social, economic, and political conditions of black women, particularly those on the margins, are the index for America at large."--Byron Williams, Oakland Tribune, "This is the beauty of the book....The insight and grace with which Harris-Perry tackles the thorny issue of African American women's identity politics makes it a must-read."- Jordan Kisner, Slate, "With clarity and passion, Harris-Perry reveals the ways . . . myths rob Black women of political power."-Bobbi Booker, Sunday Tribune, "In Sister Citizen , Harris-Perry combines her skills as a social scientist, political observer, writer and griot to deftly illustrate how the social, economic, and political conditions of black women, particularly those on the margins, are the index for America at large."-Byron Williams, Oakland Tribune, "Astonishing. . . . Sister Citizen is written for the benefit of all Americans - sister citizens, brother citizens and anyone else who cares about the way this country works."--Tayari Jones, San Francisco Chronicle, " Sister Citizen carefully documents the complex challenges and hurdles Black women face in the 21st century. Harris-Perry's book is both insightful and provocative. A must read for those interested in learning more about American politics."--Donna Brazile, Political Commentator for CNN and ABC News and former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee, "This is a broad, ambitious and important book that centers black women at the heart of American politics. Harris-Perry broadens our ideas of what counts as political, disrupts our ideas about what the study of American politics should look like, and restores our belief that resistance and struggle can change lives, communities and nations."-Cathy J. Cohen, author of Boundaries of Blackness and Democracy Remixed, "Astonishing. . . . Sister Citizen is written for the benefit of all Americans--sister citizens, brother citizens, and anyone else who cares about the way this country works."--Tayari Jones, San Francisco Chronicle "This is the beauty of the book. . . . The insight and grace with which Harris-Perry tackles the thorny issue of African American women''s identity politics makes it a must-read."--Jordan Kisner, Slate "After I read Melissa Harris-Perry''s new effort, Sister Citizen , two words sprang to my mind: Thank you. . . . [She] convincingly argues that tired images of Black women as castrating shrews, neck-rolling round-the-way girls and long-suffering, asexual mammies undermine Black women''s progress and power. . . . She wisely uses the powerful chorus of real women to echo her battle cry that all sisters must be seen as true citizens before this country can move forward."--Patrik Henry Bass, Essence "Harris-Perry offers fascinating observations of how black women are, at times, constricted by their mythology and asserts that their ''experiences act as a democratic litmus test for the nation.''"--Vanessa Bush, Booklist "[Melissa Harris-Perry''s] academic research is inspired by a desire to investigate the challenges facing contemporary black Americans and the creative ways that African Americans respond to these challenges."-- Great Neck Record "After I read Sister Citizen , two words sprang to my mind: Thank you."--Patrik Henry Bass, Essence "In Sister Citizen , Harris-Perry combines her skills as a social scientist, political observer, writer and griot to deftly illustrate how the social, economic, and political conditions of black women, particularly those on the margins, are the index for America at large."--Byron Williams, Oakland Tribune "A feminist manifesto endeavoring to free sisters forever from the cruel and very limiting ways in which they continue to be pigeonholed."--Kam Williams, Insight Finalist for the 43rd NAACP Image Awards in the Non-Fiction Literature Category " Sister Citizen carefully documents the complex challenges and hurdles Black women face in the 21st century. Harris-Perry''s book is both insightful and provocative. A must read for those interested in learning more about American politics."--Donna Brazile, Political Commentator for CNN and ABC News and former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee "Melissa Harris-Perry is one of our most trenchant readers of modern black life. In Sister Citizen , she gives new life to the idea that ''the personal is political.'' This book will change the conversation about the rights, responsibilities, and burdens of citizenship."--Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University "This is a broad, ambitious and important book that centers black women at the heart of American politics. Harris-Perry broadens our ideas of what counts as political, disrupts our ideas about what the study of American politics should look like, and restores our belief that resistance and struggle can change lives, communities and nations."--Cathy J. Cohen, author of Boundaries of Blackness and Democracy Remixed "In this compelling book, dazzling in its breadth and depth, Melissa Harris-Perry deploys the quantitative tools of the political scientist as expertly as she displays the qualitative methods of the literary and cultural critic. Sister Citizen challenges readers to rethink the meaning of politics when it comes to the complex lives of African American women."--Beverly Guy-Sheftall, founding director, Spelman College Women''s Research and Resource Center " Sister Citizen lends empirical heft to the adage the ''personal is political.'' Melissa Harris-Perry does an excellent job of weaving literature, social science, and personal accounts to produce a powerful work on black women''s politics. Brilliant."--Lester K. Spence, author of Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics, "A feminist manifesto endeavoring to free sisters forever from the cruel and very limiting ways in which they continue to be pigeonholed."-Kam Williams, Insight, " Sister Citizen lends empirical heft to the adage the "personal is political". Melissa Harris-Perry does an excellent job of weaving literature, social science, and personal accounts to produce a powerful work on black women''s politics. Brilliant."-Lester K. Spence, author of Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics, "This is a broad, ambitious and important book that centers black women at the heart of American politics. Harris-Perry commands multiple methods, sources, and theories to provide a nuanced, caring, and provocative reading of black women as archetypal citizens, barometers of the health of our democracy. Supporting her arguments throughout the book are the words, ideas and actions of black women. From her opening discussion of Their Eyes Were Watching God and Hurricane Katrina to her final chapter on Michelle Obama, Harris-Perry offers a new reading of black women's emotional and psychological lives as inherently political, reflecting the work of marginal communities to gain political recognition. In this work, Harris-Perry broadens our ideas of what counts as political, disrupts our ideas about what the study of American politics should look like, and restores our belief that resistance and struggle can change lives, communities and nations."-Cathy J. Cohen, University of Chicago, "Harris-Perry offers fascinating observations of how black women are, at times, constricted by their mythology and asserts that their ''experiences act as a democratic litmus test for the nation.''"-Vanessa Bush, Booklist, "Melissa Harris-Perry is one of our most trenchant readers of modern black life. In Sister Citizen , she gives new life to the idea that 'the personal is political.' This book will change the conversation about the rights, responsibilities, and burdens of citizenship."-Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University, "In this compelling book, dazzling in its breadth and depth, Melissa Harris-Perry deploys the quantitative tools of the political scientist as expertly as she displays the qualitative methods of the literary and cultural critic. Sister Citizen challenges readers to rethink the meaning of politics when it comes to the complex lives of African American women."--Beverly Guy-Sheftall, founding director, Spelman College Women's Research and Resource Center, "A feminist manifesto endeavoring to free sisters forever from the cruel and very limiting ways in which they continue to be pigeonholed."--Kam Williams, Insight, "Melissa Harris-Perry is one of our most trenchant readers of modern black life. In Sister Citizen , she gives new life to the idea that ''the personal is political.'' This book will change the conversation about the rights, responsibilities, and burdens of citizenship."-Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University, " Sister Citizen lends empirical heft to the adage the 'personal is political.' Melissa Harris-Perry does an excellent job of weaving literature, social science, and personal accounts to produce a powerful work on black women's politics. Brilliant."--Lester K. Spence, author of Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics, "Astonishing. . . . Sister Citizen is written for the benefit of all Americans--sister citizens, brother citizens, and anyone else who cares about the way this country works."--Tayari Jones, San Francisco Chronicle "This is the beauty of the book. . . . The insight and grace with which Harris-Perry tackles the thorny issue of African American women''s identity politics makes it a must-read."--Jordan Kisner, Slate "This is the beauty of the book. . . . The insight and grace with which Harris-Perry tackles the thorny issue of African American women''s identity politics makes it a must-read."--Jordan Kisner, Slate "Astonishing. . . . Sister Citizen is written for the benefit of all Americans - sister citizens, brother citizens and anyone else who cares about the way this country works."--Tayari Jones, San Francisco Chronicle "Harris-Perry offers fascinating observations of how black women are, at times, constricted by their mythology and asserts that their ''experiences act as a democratic litmus test for the nation.''"--Vanessa Bush, Booklist "[Melissa Harris-Perry''s] academic research is inspired by a desire to investigate the challenges facing contemporary black Americans and the creative ways that African Americans respond to these challenges."-- Great Neck Record "After I read Sister Citizen , two words sprang to my mind: Thank you."--Patrik Henry Bass, Essence "In Sister Citizen , Harris-Perry combines her skills as a social scientist, political observer, writer and griot to deftly illustrate how the social, economic, and political conditions of black women, particularly those on the margins, are the index for America at large."--Byron Williams, Oakland Tribune "A feminist manifesto endeavoring to free sisters forever from the cruel and very limiting ways in which they continue to be pigeonholed."--Kam Williams, Insight Finalist for the 43rd NAACP Image Awards in the Non-Fiction Literature Category " Sister Citizen carefully documents the complex challenges and hurdles Black women face in the 21st century. Harris-Perry''s book is both insightful and provocative. A must read for those interested in learning more about American politics."--Donna Brazile, Political Commentator for CNN and ABC News and former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee "Melissa Harris-Perry is one of our most trenchant readers of modern black life. In Sister Citizen , she gives new life to the idea that ''the personal is political.'' This book will change the conversation about the rights, responsibilities, and burdens of citizenship."--Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University "This is a broad, ambitious and important book that centers black women at the heart of American politics. Harris-Perry broadens our ideas of what counts as political, disrupts our ideas about what the study of American politics should look like, and restores our belief that resistance and struggle can change lives, communities and nations."--Cathy J. Cohen, author of Boundaries of Blackness and Democracy Remixed "In this compelling book, dazzling in its breadth and depth, Melissa Harris-Perry deploys the quantitative tools of the political scientist as expertly as she displays the qualitative methods of the literary and cultural critic. Sister Citizen challenges readers to rethink the meaning of politics when it comes to the complex lives of African American women."--Beverly Guy-Sheftall, founding director, Spelman College Women''s Research and Resource Center " Sister Citizen lends empirical heft to the adage the ''personal is political.'' Melissa Harris-Perry does an excellent job of weaving literature, social science, and personal accounts to produce a powerful work on black women''s politics. Brilliant."--Lester K. Spence, author of Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics, "This is a broad, ambitious and important book that centers black women at the heart of American politics.Harris-Perry broadens our ideas of what counts as political, disrupts our ideas about what the study of American politics should look like, and restores our belief that resistance and struggle can change lives, communities and nations."-Cathy J. Cohen, author of Boundaries of Blackness and Democracy Remixed, "Harris-Perry offers fascinating observations of how black women are, at times, constricted by their mythology and asserts that their 'experiences act as a democratic litmus test for the nation.'"--Vanessa Bush, Booklist, "Astonishing. . . . Sister Citizen is written for the benefit of all Americans--sister citizens, brother citizens, and anyone else who cares about the way this country works."--Tayari Jones, San Francisco Chronicle "This is the beauty of the book. . . . The insight and grace with which Harris-Perry tackles the thorny issue of African American women''s identity politics makes it a must-read."--Jordan Kisner, Slate "After I read Melissa Harris-Perry''s new effort, Sister Citizen , two words sprang to my mind: Thank you. . . . [She] convincingly argues that tired images of Black women as castrating shrews, neck-rolling round-the-way girls and long-suffering, asexual mammies undermine Black women''s progress and power. . . . She wisely uses the powerful chorus of real women to echo her battle cry that all sisters must be seen as true citizens before this country can move forward."--Patrik Henry Bass, Essence "Harris-Perry offers fascinating observations of how black women are, at times, constricted by their mythology and asserts that their ''experiences act as a democratic litmus test for the nation.''"--Vanessa Bush, Booklist "[Melissa Harris-Perry''s] academic research is inspired by a desire to investigate the challenges facing contemporary black Americans and the creative ways that African Americans respond to these challenges."-- Great Neck Record "After I read Sister Citizen , two words sprang to my mind: Thank you."--Patrik Henry Bass, Essence "In Sister Citizen , Harris-Perry combines her skills as a social scientist, political observer, writer and griot to deftly illustrate how the social, economic, and political conditions of black women, particularly those on the margins, are the index for America at large."--Byron Williams, Oakland Tribune "A feminist manifesto endeavoring to free sisters forever from the cruel and very limiting ways in which they continue to be pigeonholed."--Kam Williams, Insight " Sister Citizen carefully documents the complex challenges and hurdles Black women face in the 21st century. Harris-Perry''s book is both insightful and provocative. A must read for those interested in learning more about American politics."--Donna Brazile, Political Commentator for CNN and ABC News and former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee "Melissa Harris-Perry is one of our most trenchant readers of modern black life. In Sister Citizen , she gives new life to the idea that ''the personal is political.'' This book will change the conversation about the rights, responsibilities, and burdens of citizenship."--Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University "This is a broad, ambitious and important book that centers black women at the heart of American politics. Harris-Perry broadens our ideas of what counts as political, disrupts our ideas about what the study of American politics should look like, and restores our belief that resistance and struggle can change lives, communities and nations."--Cathy J. Cohen, author of Boundaries of Blackness and Democracy Remixed "In this compelling book, dazzling in its breadth and depth, Melissa Harris-Perry deploys the quantitative tools of the political scientist as expertly as she displays the qualitative methods of the literary and cultural critic. Sister Citizen challenges readers to rethink the meaning of politics when it comes to the complex lives of African American women."--Beverly Guy-Sheftall, founding director, Spelman College Women''s Research and Resource Center " Sister Citizen lends empirical heft to the adage the ''personal is political.'' Melissa Harris-Perry does an excellent job of weaving literature, social science, and personal accounts to produce a powerful work on black women''s politics. Brilliant."--Lester K. Spence, author of Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics, " Sister Citizen carefully documents the complex challenges and hurdles Black women face in the 21st century. Harris-Perry''s book is both insightful and provocative. A must read for those interested in learning more about American politics."-Donna Brazile, Political Commentator for CNN and ABC News and former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee, "This is a broad, ambitious and important book that centers black women at the heart of American politics. Harris-Perry broadens our ideas of what counts as political, disrupts our ideas about what the study of American politics should look like, and restores our belief that resistance and struggle can change lives, communities and nations."-Cathy J. Cohen, author of Boundaries of Blackness and Democracy Remixed, "[Melissa Harris-Perry's] academic research is inspired by a desire to investigate the challenges facing contemporary black Americans and the creative ways that African Americans respond to these challenges."-- Great Neck Record, "In this compelling book, dazzling in its breadth and depth, Melissa Harris-Perry deploys the quantitative tools of the political scientist as expertly as she displays the qualitative methods of the literary and cultural critic. Sister Citizen challenges readers to rethink the meaning of politics when it comes to the complex lives of African American women."-Beverly Guy-Sheftall, founding director, Spelman College Women's Research and Resource Center, "This is a broad, ambitious and important book that centers black women at the heart of American politics. Harris-Perry commands multiple methods, sources, and theories to provide a nuanced, caring, and provocative reading of black women as archetypal citizens, barometers of the health of our democracy. Supporting her arguments throughout the book are the words, ideas and actions of black women. From her opening discussion of Their Eyes Were Watching God and Hurricane Katrina to her final chapter on Michelle Obama, Harris-Perry offers a new reading of black women's emotional and psychological lives as inherently political, reflecting the work of marginal communities to gain political recognition. In this work, Harris-Perry broadens our ideas of what counts as political, disrupts our ideas about what the study of American politics should look like, and restores our belief that resistance and struggle can change lives, communities and nations."--Cathy J. Cohen, University of Chicago, "Melissa Harris-Perry is one of our most trenchant readers of modern black life. In Sister Citizen , she gives new life to the idea that 'the personal is political.' This book will change the conversation about the rights, responsibilities, and burdens of citizenship."--Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University, "With clarity and passion, Harris-Perry reveals the ways . . . myths rob Black women of political power."--Bobbi Booker, Sunday Tribune, "This is a broad, ambitious and important book that centers black women at the heart of American politics. Harris-Perry broadens our ideas of what counts as political, disrupts our ideas about what the study of American politics should look like, and restores our belief that resistance and struggle can change lives, communities and nations."--Cathy J. Cohen, author of Boundaries of Blackness and Democracy Remixed, "Harris-Perry offers fascinating observations of how black women are, at times, constricted by their mythology and asserts that their 'experiences act as a democratic litmus test for the nation.'"-Vanessa Bush, Booklist, "Astonishing... Sister Citizen is written for the benefit of all Americans - sister citizens, brother citizens and anyone else who cares about the way this country works."-Tayari Jones, San Francisco Chronicle, " Sister Citizen lends empirical heft to the adage the 'personal is political.' Melissa Harris-Perry does an excellent job of weaving literature, social science, and personal accounts to produce a powerful work on black women's politics. Brilliant."-Lester K. Spence, author of Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics, "In this compelling book, dazzling in its breadth and depth, Melissa Harris-Perry deploysthe quantitative tools of the political scientist as expertly asshedisplaysthequalitative methods of the literary and culturalcritic. Sister Citizen challenges readers to rethink the meaning of politics when it comes to the complex lives of African American women."-Beverly Guy-Sheftall, founding director, Spelman College Women's Research and Resource Center
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305.48/896073
Synopsis
From a highly respected thinker on race, gender, and American politics, a new consideration of black women and how distorted stereotypes affect their political beliefs Jezebel's sexual lasciviousness, Mammy's devotion, and Sapphire's outspoken anger--these are among the most persistent stereotypes that black women encounter in contemporary American life. Hurtful and dishonest, such representations force African American women to navigate a virtual crooked room that shames them and shapes their experiences as citizens. Many respond by assuming a mantle of strength that may convince others, and even themselves, that they do not need help. But as a result, the unique political issues of black women are often ignored and marginalized. In this groundbreaking book, Melissa V. Harris-Perry uses multiple methods of inquiry, including literary analysis, political theory, focus groups, surveys, and experimental research, to understand more deeply black women's political and emotional responses to pervasive negative race and gender images. Not a traditional political science work concerned with office-seeking, voting, or ideology, Sister Citizen instead explores how African American women understand themselves as citizens and what they expect from political organizing. Harris-Perry shows that the shared struggle to preserve an authentic self and secure recognition as a citizen links together black women in America, from the anonymous survivors of Hurricane Katrina to the current First Lady of the United States., From a highly respected thinker on race, gender, and American politics, a new consideration of black women and how distorted stereotypes affect their political beliefs Jezebel's lasciviousness, Mammy's devotion, and Sapphire's outspoken anger--these are among the most persistent stereotypes that black women encounter in contemporary American life. Hurtful and dishonest, such representations force African American women to navigate a virtual crooked room that shames them and shapes their experiences as citizens. Many respond by assuming a mantle of strength that may convince others, and even themselves, that they do not need help. But as a result, the unique political issues of black women are often ignored and marginalized. In this groundbreaking book, Melissa V. Harris-Perry uses multiple methods of inquiry, including literary analysis, political theory, focus groups, surveys, and experimental research, to understand more deeply black women's political and emotional responses to pervasive negative race and gender images. Not a traditional political science work concerned with office-seeking, voting, or ideology, Sister Citizen instead explores how African American women understand themselves as citizens and what they expect from political organizing. Harris-Perry shows that the shared struggle to preserve an authentic self and secure recognition as a citizen links black women in America, from the anonymous survivors of Hurricane Katrina to Michelle Obama., From a highly respected thinker on race, gender, and American politics, a new consideration of black women and how distorted stereotypes affect their political beliefs
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E185.86.H375 2013
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