From Mammy to Miss America and Beyond

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From Mammy to Miss America and Beyond

Cultural Images and the Shaping of US Social Policy

Regional / International studies Gender studies: women and girls Ethnic studies Sociology

Author: K. Sue Jewell

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Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 12th October 2012

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 355 Kb

ISBN: 9781134951895


How do the mass media contribute to the social and economic advantages of the privileged and the subjection of African American women?

Does America really care about providing equal opportunities for African American women? Passionately written and supported with detailed evidence, this book shows the deeply rooted abiding cancer of oppression in American society.

It reveals the formal and informal ways in which African American women have been excluded from equal participation before and after the time of slavery. It will shock many who complacently believe that America is already a land of equality, and it will give new heart to the many others who experience racism and sexism as daily facts of life.

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