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Author Jones, Charisse.

Title Shifting : the double lives of Black women in America / Charisse Jones and Kumea Shorter-Gooden.

Publication Info. New York : HarperCollins, [2003]
©2003

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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  305.48896 JON    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  306.7089 J71    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  306.7089 JO    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description x, 340 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-326) and index.
Contents The roots of shifting -- The pain of gender silence : "I am Black but ain't I a woman?" -- The many shifts of Black women -- Seeking a voice : the language and message of Black women -- The Sisterella complex : Black women and depression -- Doing double duty : Black women in the world of work -- "Mirror, mirror on the wall" : Black women and beauty -- Forging a delicate balance : romance and relationships between Black women and men -- The ABCs of shifting : mothering Black children -- "Can I get a witness?" : Black women and the church -- Afterword -- Appendix: The African American Women's Voices Project.
Subject African American women -- Psychology.
Adjustment (Psychology) -- United States.
Racism -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
African American women -- Social conditions.
African American women -- Interviews.
Added Author Shorter-Gooden, Kumea.
ISBN 0060090545
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