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Jones, Charisse and Shorter-Gooden, Kumea. Shifting: the Double Lives of Black Women in America.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
Sept. 2003. 352p. index. HarperCollins, $25.95 (0-06-009054-5). 306.7.
Jones, national correspondent for USA Today, and Shorter-Gooden, a psychologist, team up to examine how black women cope with racism, sexism, and the myths--from the image of hypersexuality to long-suffering strength--that govern their lives. Based on research garnered from the African American Women's Voices Project, the largest study to date of black women, the authors detail these women's survival strategy of "shifting" as needed into different roles, personas, and even language appropriate to corporate America or black communities. Drawing on ...
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