Shifting
Subtitle: the double lives of Black women in America
By: Charisse Jones and Kumea Shorter-Gooden.
Contributors: Shorter-Gooden, Kumea.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
Subjects: African American women -- Psychology.; Adjustment (Psychology) -- United States.; Racism -- United States -- Psychological aspects.; African American women -- Social conditions.; African American women -- Interviews.
Genres: Interviews.
Description: Discusses the experiences of African-American women today, including compromising their true natures in order to be socially acceptable and offering insight into how they survive in the workplace, in families, and in their faiths.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-326) and index.
"Based on the African American women's voices project"--Cover.