Living with Jim Crow : African American women and memories of the segregated South

Living with Jim Crow : African American women and memories of the segregated South / Anne Valk and Leslie Brown.

Author/creator	Valk, Anne M., 1964-
Other author/creator	Brown, Leslie, 1954-
Format	Book and Print
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Description	xiii, 209 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Subject(s)	African American women--Southern States --Interviews. African Americans--Segregation --Southern States --History --20th century --Anecdotes. African Americans--Southern States --Social conditions --20th century --Anecdotes. Racism against Black people--Southern States --History --20th century --Anecdotes. Sexism--Southern States --History --20th century --Anecdotes. Interviews--Southern States. Oral history. Southern States--Race relations --Anecdotes. Southern States--Biography --Anecdotes. Southern States--Social conditions --20th century --Anecdotes.

Series	Palgrave studies in oral history Palgrave studies in oral history. ^A607857
Contents	We did well with what we had: remembering Black life behind the veil -- The foundation was there: growing up a girl in the Jim Crow South -- What is expected of you: gender and sexuality -- You are all under bondage, which is true: working lives -- A society totally our own: institutional and cultural life -- I like to get something done: fighting for social and political change -- Appendix A: List of interviews -- Appendix B: Sample edited transcript, from interview with Ila J. Blue.
Abstract	"This groundbreaking book collects black women's personal recollections of their public and private lives during the period of legal segregation in the American South. Using first-person narratives, collected through oral history interviews, the book emphasizes women's role in their families and communities, treating women as important actors in the economic, social, cultural, and political life of the segregated South. By focusing on the commonalities of women's experiences, as well as the ways that women's lives differed from the experiences of southern black men, Living with Jim Crow analyzes the interlocking forces of racism and sexism"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-202) and index.
LCCN	2009050940
ISBN	9780230619623 (hardback)
ISBN	0230619622 (hardback)
ISBN	9780230621527 (pbk.)
ISBN	023062152X (pbk.)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E185.61 .V35 2010	✔ Available	Place Hold