Women of Color in U.S. Society

by Maxine Baca Zinn

Book Overview

The theme of race, class, and gender as interlocking systems of oppression unites these original essays about the experience of women of colorOCoAfrican Americans, Latinas, Native Americans, and Asian... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566391067
• ISBN13: 9781566391061
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Important book on a double minority!

I read this after borrowing it from a library, but now I really wish I had a copy to keep. If you are a good liberal, you already know that women of color are doubly oppressed. You know that many ppl think all the feminists are white and all the antiracists are male, so the topic can get tired. However, this book was really well done. It covers Black, Latina, Asian, and Native women equally. It talks about women of various class backgrounds and immigration statuses. The articles are accessible to non-academic readers without boring highly educated readers. I particularly love one article which discusses the "domesticization" of bright black girls in public schools. This book may be a little dated by now. But for what it was at the time, it is quite excellent. All womanists and mujeristas should get a copy.