African American Girls and the Construction of Identity: Class, Race, and Gender

Name: African American Girls and the Construction of Identity: Class, Race, and Gender
SKU: INR-9781498570084
Price: 81.00 USD
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SKU: INR-9781498570084 Category: Books Tags: Psychology, Applied Psychology, Social Science, Ethnic Studies, United States, Ingram, Child & Adolescent, Psychotherapy, Women's Studies, African American Studies, Identity (psychology) In Adolescence, African American Girls

Description

In African American Girls and the Construction of Identity, Sheila Walker closely examines socioeconomic class and explores the way it shapes how African American girls experience race and gender in the process of their identity formation. While all the girls who participated in the two-year study are African American, their lives are racialized and gendered in significantly different ways, in both public and private spaces. Affluence is not a guaranteed protection against the identity-damaging effects of racism, and poverty is not necessarily a risk factor for an irresolute identity. By examining identity through the lens of class, Walker provides researchers, educators, and parents a more in-depth appreciation of what is a very complex, multi-layered phenomenon.

Author: Walker, Sheila

Topic: Psychology
Media: Book
ISBN: 1498570089
Language: English
Pages: 204