On Our Own Terms: Race, Class, and Gender in the Lives of African-American Women

This volume utilizes the cross-cultural, historical and ethnographic perspective of anthropology to illuminate the intrinsic connections of race, class and gender. The author begins by discussing the manner in which her experience as a participant observer led her to research and write about various aspects of African-American women's experiences. She goes on to provide a critical analysis of the new scholarship on African-American women, and explores issues of race, class and gender in the arenas of work, kinship and resistance.

Author: Leith Mullings
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 11/25/1996
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.92h x 5.90w x 0.46d
ISBN: 9780415912860

About the Author

Leith Mullings is Professor of Anthropology at the Graduate School of the City University of New York. She is the author of Therapy, Ideology, and Social Change (1984), and editor of Cities of the United States (1987).