عنوان

Young, female, and Black /

(Number (ISBN

0203976886

(Number (ISBN

0415067049

(Number (ISBN

0415067057

(Number (ISBN

0713462868

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9780203976883

(Number (ISBN

9780415067041

(Number (ISBN

9780415067058

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9780713462869

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b721197

Title Proper

Young, female, and Black /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Heidi Safia Mirza.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Routledge,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1992.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

241 pages ;

Dimensions

22 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Text of Note

1. Introduction -- 2. The myth of underachievement -- 3. Do schools make a difference? -- 4. Life in the classroom -- 5. Entering the world of work -- 6. Strategic careers -- 7. Redefining black womanhood -- 8. Family matters -- 9. Conclusion: understanding inequality.

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Text of Note

Young black women symbolise the effects of the inequalities of British society. They do well at school and are good, efficient workers, yet as a group they consistently fail to secure the economic status and occupational prestige of their white counterparts. Heidi Safia Mirza, a black woman sociologist, charts the experience of a group of young black women as they leave school and enter the world of work, and investigates why black women suffer these injustices. She challenges the widely-held myth that young black women underachieve both at school and in the labour market, and provides evidence that goes beyond current notions of black female identity. She reveals the processes of inequality that, despite meritocratic ideals, persist in western society, shifting the emphasis from an analysis of identity towards an examination of the central role of the social and economic disadvantages in the education system. Through a comparative study of research and writing from America, Britain and the Caribbean, Young, Female and Black re-examines our present understanding of what is meant by educational underachievement, the black family and, in particular, black womanhood in Britain. A forceful and positive reappraisal of the experience of black women, it will be essential reading for students of sociology, education, social policy, race relations and feminist thought.

Women, Black-- Great Britain-- Social conditions.

Ethnische Beziehungen

Noires-- Grande-Bretagne-- Conditions sociales.

Race relations.

Rassenverhoudingen.

Schwarze Frau

Sociale situatie.

Vrouwen.

Women, Black-- Social conditions.

Great Britain, Race relations.

Grande-Bretagne, Relations interethniques.

Great Britain.

Großbritannien

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Number

396:301.173

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Edition

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Book number

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System Code

Mirza, Heidi Safia,1958-

Date of Transaction

20201208124708.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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