Talk with You Like a Woman (eBook)

African American Women, Justice, and Reform in New York, 1890-1935

Cheryl D. Hicks (Autor)

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2010
392 Seiten
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
9780807882320 (ISBN)

Infos

With this book, Cheryl Hicks brings to light the voices and viewpoints of black working-class women, especially southern migrants, who were the subjects of urban and penal reform in early-twentieth-century New York. Hicks compares the ideals of racial uplift and reform programs of middle-class white and black activists to the experiences and perspectives of those whom they sought to protect and, often, control.In need of support as they navigated the discriminatory labor and housing markets and contended with poverty, maternity, and domestic violence, black women instead found themselves subject to hostility from black leaders, urban reformers, and the police. Still, these black working-class women struggled to uphold their own standards of respectable womanhood. Through their actions as well as their words, they challenged prevailing views regarding black women and morality in urban America. Drawing on extensive archival research, Hicks explores the complexities of black working-class womens lives and illuminates the impact of racism and sexism on early-twentieth-century urban reform and criminal justice initiatives.

Autor

Cheryl D. Hicks is associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.12.2010
• Reihe/Serie: Gender and American Culture
• Reihe/Serie: Gender and American Culture
• Zusatzinfo: 14 illus., notes, bibl., index
• Verlagsort: Chapel Hill
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: black women in New York 1890-1935 • black working class women in New York • racism early 20th century urban reform in New York • sexism in New York early 20th century • southern migrant black women in New York
• ISBN-13: 9780807882320 / 9780807882320