I'm Every Woman - Remixed Stories of Marriage, Motherhood, and Work

Informationen zum Autor Lonnae O'Neal Parker is a Pulitzer Prize–nominated reporter for the Washington Post and a contributing editor to Essence . She lives in Prince George's County, Maryland. Zusammenfassung Black women have been balancing the competing demands of work and home since before women even won the right to vote. But black voices and experiences are barely acknowledged in the mainstream "mommy wars" dialogue. Lonnae O'Neal Parker is about to change all that, in this uncommonly smart and often witty examination -- part memoir, part reportage -- of how today's black women meet the challenges of marriage, motherhood, and work. On the surface, Parker has the ideal life: she's a reporter for the Washington Post and has three adorable children and a doting husband. Yet behind the perfect persona is a woman on the verge of a breakdown from the stresses of trying to have it all. Only a pantheon of voices -- from spectral slave women and ancestors who speak to her across time to her favorite pop cultural icons -- keeps her sane and helps her to navigate the complex waters of being a woman in the modern world. With an intelligence and range that recalls Anne Lamott and Paula Giddings, Parker proves herself not only a welcome addition to the ongoing discussion of race and gender in America but an astute cultural critic.

Product details

• Authors: Lonnae O'Neal Parker
• Publisher: Amistad
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.10.2005
• EAN: 9780060592929
• ISBN: 978-0-06-059292-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Ethnic Studies, Social Theory, Evolution, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, Social Work, United States of America, USA, Social and cultural anthropology, Gender studies, gender groups, History of the Americas, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Women's Studies, AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES: SOCIAL SCIENCE, AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES: WOMEN'S STUDIES, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Customs & Traditions, Relating to African American / Black American people, African American Studies / Social Science, African American Studies / Women's Studies