Behind the Mask of the Strong Black Woman: Voice and the Embodiment of a Costly Performance
Behind the Mask of the Strong Black Woman explores the expectations attached to an enduring cultural ideal. Focusing on voice, embodiment, and the costs of performing strength, Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant examines how race and gender shape identity and the ways women are understood and understand themselves.
About This Book
Behind the Mask of the Strong Black Woman examines the cultural meaning of the “strong Black woman” ideal.
Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant considers how strength may function not only as an admired quality, but also as a costly performance.
The book focuses on voice, embodiment, and the relationship between identity and expectations of strength.
It offers a focused study of gender, race, and the lived implications of a powerful social image.
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