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Routed Sisterhood: Black American Female Identity and the Black Female Community

Blackmon, Carlotta M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1238090994

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2009, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Comparative Studies.
The body and the identity of the black woman in the United States has been under siege since at least the 18th century, as African women were brought to the colonies to labor and procreate. Misrepresented, by the white majority, as morally and intellectually inferior to white men and women, and as sexually perverse, black women have been victims of physical and sexual abuse, social discrimination, and intellectual dismissal. But black women have also challenged the misuse of the black female body and the misrepresentation of the black female identity. This essay explores how black women have worked within and outside of discourses created by western white men to revise understandings of black womanhood. I argue that black women must continue to counter their realities of violence and discrimination by envisioning the black female community as a collective of unique agents working toward a common goal of liberation.
Kwaku Korang, Dr. (Advisor)
Stephen Hall, Dr. (Committee Member)
Maurice Stevens, Dr. (Committee Member)
60 p.
Womens Studies
black female identity; girlfriends; sexuality

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  • Blackmon, C. M. (2009). Routed Sisterhood: Black American Female Identity and the Black Female Community [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1238090994

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Blackmon, Carlotta. Routed Sisterhood: Black American Female Identity and the Black Female Community. 2009. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1238090994.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Blackmon, Carlotta. "Routed Sisterhood: Black American Female Identity and the Black Female Community." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1238090994

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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