Black macho and the myth of the superwoman / Michele Wallace.
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TextPublisher: London : Verso, 2015Edition: [New edition with foreword by Jamilah Lemieux]Description: xlii, 228 pagesContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781781688229 (e-book)Subject(s): African American women | African American men | Black power -- United States | Society | Society & culture: general | Feminism & feminist theory | Ethnic studies | Gender studies, gender groups | Gender studies: women & girlsGenre/Form: Online access: Click to view Also available in printed form ISBN 9781781688212Summary: "First published by The Dial Press 1978"--Title page verso. Originally published in 1978, Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman caused a storm of controversy. Michele Wallace blasted the masculine biases of the black politics that emerged from the sixties. She described how women remained marginalized by the patriarchal culture of Black Power, demonstrating the ways in which a genuine female subjectivity was blocked by the traditional myths of black womanhood. With a foreword that examines the debate the book has sparked between intellectuals and political leaders, as well as what has-and, crucially, has not-changed over the last four decades, Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman continues to be deeply relevant to current feminist debates and black theory today.
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Originally published: New York : Dial Press, 1978.
Formerly CIP. Uk
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-223) and index.
"First published by The Dial Press 1978"--Title page verso. Originally published in 1978, Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman caused a storm of controversy. Michele Wallace blasted the masculine biases of the black politics that emerged from the sixties. She described how women remained marginalized by the patriarchal culture of Black Power, demonstrating the ways in which a genuine female subjectivity was blocked by the traditional myths of black womanhood. With a foreword that examines the debate the book has sparked between intellectuals and political leaders, as well as what has-and, crucially, has not-changed over the last four decades, Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman continues to be deeply relevant to current feminist debates and black theory today.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9781781688212
Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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