Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman (Verso Classics) by Wallace, Michele Wallace

Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman (Verso Classics)

Wallace, Michele Wallace

268 pages first pub 1978 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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Originally published in 1978, this book caused a storm of controversy as Michele Wallace blasted the masculinist bias of the black politics that emerged from the sixties. She described how women remained marginalized by the patriarchal culture of ...

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