Beyond the Black Lady: Sexuality and the New African American Middle Class

by Lisa B. Thompson

Book Overview

In this book, Lisa B. Thompson explores the representation of black middle-class female sexuality by African American women authors in narrative literature, drama, film, and popular culture, showing how these depictions reclaim black female agency and illustrate the difficulties black women confront in asserting sexual agency in the public sphere. Thompson broadens the discourse around black female sexuality by offering an alternate reading of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252034260
• ISBN13: 9780252034268
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"