{"product_id":"longing-to-tell-black-women-talk-about-sexuality-and-intimacy-9780312423728","title":"Longing to Tell: Black Women Talk about Sexuality and Intimacy","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a culture driven by sexual and racial imagery, very few honest conversations about race, gender, and sexuality actually take place. In their absence, commonly held perceptions of black women as teenage mothers, welfare recipients, mammies, or exotic sexual playthings remain unchanged. For fear that telling their stories will fulfill society's implicit expectations about their sexuality, most black women have retreated into silence. Tricia Rose seeks to break this silence and jump-start a dialogue by presenting, for the first time, the sexual testimonies of black women who span a broad range of ages, levels of education, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Both brilliantly conceived and sensitively executed, \u003ci\u003eLonging to Tell\u003c\/i\u003e is required reading for anyone interested in issues of race and gender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tricia Rose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312423728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQbr the Black Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2004 pg. 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/07\/2012 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTricia Rose\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of American studies at the University of California at Santa Cruz. The author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Noise: Rap Music \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBlack Culture in Contemporary America\u003c\/i\u003e, she lives in California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43637766750323,"sku":"9.78031E+12","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_f47e8c40-20ca-4e81-b195-bb717d9f73b0.jpg?v=1755602081","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/longing-to-tell-black-women-talk-about-sexuality-and-intimacy-9780312423728","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}