Sister Style: The Politics of Appearance for Black Women Political Elites

by Danielle Casarez Lemi, Nadia E Brown, Nadia E. Brown

Book Overview

"They don't think I'm viable, because I'm a Black woman with natural hair and no husband." This comment was made by Stacey Abrams shortly before the 2018 Democratic primary after she became the first Black woman to win a majory party's nomination for governor. Abrams' sentiment reflects the wider environment for Black women in politics, in which racist and sexist cultural ideas have long led Black women to be demeaned and fetishized for their physical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197540589
• ISBN13: 9780197540589
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"