

Sister Citizen
Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America
Author: Melissa V. Harris-Perry
Narrator: Lisa Reneé Pitts
Unabridged: 11 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 03/19/2012
Synopsis
In this groundbreaking book, Melissa V. Harris-Perry uses multiple methods of inquiry, including literary analysis, political theory, focus groups, surveys, and experimental research, to understand more deeply black women's political and emotional responses to pervasive negative race and gender images. Not a traditional political science work concerned with office-seeking, voting, or ideology, Sister Citizen is an examination of how African American women understand themselves as citizens and what they expect from political organizing. Harris-Perry shows that the shared struggle to preserve an authentic self and secure recognition as citizens links together black women in America, from the anonymous survivors of Hurricane Katrina to the current First Lady of the United States.