<I>Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1979
name: label: Written by
content: Michele Wallace, American, born 1952
label: Published by
content: Dial Press, 1923 - 1985
notes: label: Description
content: Hardback copy of Michele Wallace's Black Macho & the Myth of the Superwoman book. Paper cover is off-white with black, red, and pink type. Front of paper cover reads [BLACK/MACHO] in red, with [& the Myth of the] underneath in black, with [SUPER-/WOMAN] underneath in pink letters with black shadow, with ["I am saying ...there is a profound distrust, if not hatred, between black/men and black women that has been nursed along largely by white/racism but also by an almost deliberate ignorance on the part of blacks/about the sexual politics of their expereience in this country."/Michele Wallace] at the bottom in black, various sized, types. Hardback cover itself is mustard yellow with black binding. Interior pages, 182 pages total, are off-white with black type, front and back. Back of paper cover has a black-and-white image of Michele Wallace (frontal bust view) by Faith Ringgold, in a turtleneck with scarf wrapped around her head. Underneath the image has multiple reviews of the book and Michele Wallace's writing, by Gloria Steinem, Alice Walker, Susan Brownmiller, and Robin Morgan, in black type. There is a red star stamped onto the bottom edge of the book pages.
label: Description
content: Spine of jacket reads "Wallace (horizontal) / BLACK MACHO & the Myth of the SUPER WOMAN / The Dial Press (horizontal)". Spine of book has metallic copper text reading "WALLACE / BLACK MACHO / AND THE MYTH / OF THE / SUPERWOMAN / THE DIAL PRESS" and the logo for the press beneath its name.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Feminism
label: Topic
content: Gender
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Anonymous Gift
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.58.3
objectType: label: Type
content: books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Michelle Wallace 1979
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper, cardboard, and synthetic fiber
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (closed): 8 1/2 × 5 3/4 × 7/8 in. (21.6 × 14.6 × 2.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (open): 8 1/2 × 12 1/8 × 7/8 in. (21.6 × 30.8 × 2.2 cm)