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Under Her Skin: How Girls Experience Race in America

by Pooja Makhijani

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Including the perspectives of women of color, white women, and those caught in between, this work traces themes related to double lives, fear, envy, lineage, and family. Essays include reflections on how race shapes and sometimes shatters lives.

Synopsis:

Not since Scout relayed her innocent, yet stark, fictional awakening to racial injustice in To Kill a Mockingbird has the influence of race on the world of children been painted with such delicate clarity as in this collection. Including the perspectives of women of color, white women, and those caught in between, Under Her Skin traces themes related to double lives, fear, envy, lineage, and family, broadening our understanding of the often-painful subject of racial difference. Essays include the reflections of a woman whose girlhood is spent deciphering levels of oppression—from her Jewish family's internment in the camps to her own treatment of their African-American maids; a radical parallel forged between a half-Nigerian narrator and three generations of Finnish male immigrants whom she claims as kin; and the startling connection of a white fourteen year old to Emmett Till through the photograph found on his lifeless body. The first book of its kind to include the impact of racial awareness on women of all colors, Under Her Skin is a diverse exploration of how race shapes, and sometimes shatters, lives. It embodies a vital and unique contribution to the national discussion on race.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9781580051170

Editor:

Makhijani, Pooja

Publisher:

Seal Press (CA)

Editor:

Makhijani, Pooja

Author:

Makhijani, Pooja

Subject:

Women's Studies

Subject:

Psychology

Subject:

Girls

Subject:

Minority Studies - Race Relations

Subject:

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies

Subject:

Ethnic Studies - General

Subject:

Women's Studies - General

Subject:

Race awareness in children -- United States.

Subject:

Girls -- United States -- Psychology.

Subject:

Gender Studies-Womens Studies

Copyright:

2004

Edition Description:

Trade Paper

Series:

Live Girls

Publication Date:

20041131

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Y

Pages:

302

Dimensions:

9 x 6 in 12 oz

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Product details 302 pages Seal Press (WA) - 2008-09-01 English 9781580051170 Reviews:

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Not since Scout relayed her innocent, yet stark, fictional awakening to racial injustice in To Kill a Mockingbird has the influence of race on the world of children been painted with such delicate clarity as in this collection. Including the perspectives of women of color, white women, and those caught in between, Under Her Skin traces themes related to double lives, fear, envy, lineage, and family, broadening our understanding of the often-painful subject of racial difference. Essays include the reflections of a woman whose girlhood is spent deciphering levels of oppression—from her Jewish family's internment in the camps to her own treatment of their African-American maids; a radical parallel forged between a half-Nigerian narrator and three generations of Finnish male immigrants whom she claims as kin; and the startling connection of a white fourteen year old to Emmett Till through the photograph found on his lifeless body. The first book of its kind to include the impact of racial awareness on women of all colors, Under Her Skin is a diverse exploration of how race shapes, and sometimes shatters, lives. It embodies a vital and unique contribution to the national discussion on race.