Sister Circle: Black Women and Work
Research on the employment of women and minorities has neglected the specific experience of black women, according to the contributors (scholars in a range of fields from economics to social science) of this collection of essays. They explore the meaning of work in the lives of black women facing the dual limitations of race and sex. They examine how black women's jobs affect their relationships with black men and white women (the lowest on the racial/sexual totem pole) and with their families and communities. The history of black women as workers, evolving from their being slaves and domestic workers to other types of employment in the present, has always seen them overrepresented in the labor force and concentrated at the lower end. The essays also provide a fascinating look at black women in the underground economy--juke joints and numbers running--as well as a survey of writing connecting black women's personal and professional lives. Each essay is preceded by a biographical sketch of the author. Absorbing reading.Vanessa BushCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.