Black Activist Mothering: A Historical Intersection of Race, Gender, and Class
| dc.contributor.author | Bell McDonald, Katrina | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-10-26T20:51:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2006-10-26T20:51:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1997 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The prevalence of poor health among young disadvantaged Black mothers and their children has prompted a revival of maternal activism among Black middle-class urban women. A study of the California-based "Birthing Project," founded in 1988, reveals that such activism is best understood as a modern-day version of Black activist mothering practiced by African-American clubwomen from the time of slavery to the early 1940s. This article demonstrates the legacy of "normative empathy" as a significant motivator for middle-class maternal activism and as a basis for a middle-class critique of Black mothering among the disadvantaged. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 100361 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://jhir.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/937 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Hopkins Population Center | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Hopkins Population Center Papers on Population | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | WP97-04 | en_US |
| dc.subject | BLACKS | en_US |
| dc.subject | MOTHERS' CLUBS | en_US |
| dc.subject | SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS | en_US |
| dc.title | Black Activist Mothering: A Historical Intersection of Race, Gender, and Class | en_US |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en_US |