Black macho and the myth of the superwoman
by Michele Wallace, Michelle Wallace, and Ivana Palibrk
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This book caused a storm of controversy as Michele Wallace blasted the masculinity bias of the black politics that emerged from the sixties. She described how women remained marginalized by the patriarchal culture of Black Power and the ways in which a genuine female subjectivity was blocked by the traditional myths of black womanhood. .
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Black Macho & the Myth of the Super-Woman
April 1, 1980, Warner Books
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044691262X 9780446912624
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In Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman, Michele Wallace blasts the masculinist bias of 1960s Black politics, showing how women remained marginalised by the patriarchal culture of Black Power. She describes the ways in which traditional, male-identified myths of Black womanhood block the development of a separate female subjectivity. Wallace explores the concept of the 'Strong Black Woman' and the labels, tropes and stereotypes applied to Black women and that are perpetuated by Black men.
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