ERIC Number: EJ1444332
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-2377-8253
EISSN: EISSN-2377-8261
Intersectionality Matters: Black Women, Labor, and Households in Black Suburbia
Orly Clergé
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, v9 n1 p86-103 2023
The number of Black suburbs has expanded since the 1960s, however, research on gender and how Black women contribute to their formation is understudied. Grounded in an intersectional framework, this article places women at the center of the analysis of Black suburban life. Using a multisite ethnography conducted during the Great Recession, I make a case for a Black diasporic suburb model and analyze the labor and household practices Black women use to sustain their families' suburban lives. This article generates new insights into the heterogeneity of and Black suburbs in general, and the dynamic culture and economies of Black suburban women, in particular. Thus it contributes to new thought in Black feminist geography and the sociology of suburbs.
Descriptors: Females, Suburbs, African Americans, Middle Class, Racism, Gender Bias, Social Bias, United States History, African American History, Blacks, Immigrants, Political Issues, Occupations, Income, Employed Women, Entrepreneurship, One Parent Family, Family Relationship, Family Structure
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
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