Black Daughter/Father Poetics: Beyond Patriarchal Longing

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-225
Author(s):  
Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Keyword(s):  
Black Daughter

Summer Snow: Reflections from a Black Daughter of the South (review)

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-110
Author(s):  
Melton Alonza McLaurin
Keyword(s):  
The South ◽  
Black Daughter

scholarly journals Perceptions of diet, physical activity, and obesity-related health among black daughter-mother pairs in Soweto, South Africa: a qualitative study

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily A. Phillips ◽  
Dawn L. Comeau ◽  
Pedro T. Pisa ◽  
Aryeh D. Stein ◽  
Shane A. Norris
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Black Daughter

scholarly journals Gather in my name, my skin, my everything… (“Gather in my Name”: Maya Angelou, 1974)

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 188-201
Author(s):  
Gabrielle Hesk
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Content Type ◽  
White Mother ◽  
Black Daughter

Purpose Based on a performance of a conversation between my white mother and myself – her mixed race black daughter – the purpose of this paper is to deconstruct the complexity of the intersection of migration, racism, sexism, disability, and class within the space and place of the dynamics of our relationship. “Migration” and “borders” metaphors explore the “in between space that is neither here nor there” addressing key issues such as “migratory subjectivity” or, in other words, the translation of the process of inclusion and exclusion across the borders of oppressive social constructions to the lived emotional experience of being a mother and a daughter. Design/methodology/approach I explore my lived experience as black woman raised by a white Mum. My decision to use intersectionality as a tool with which to explore my personal experiences was based on me finding it enabled me to fully engage with the freedom of exploration, without feeling the need to “fit” with what was expected, in other words to be free to be able to express the “[…] lived experience of a presumed ‘Other’ and to experience it viscerally” (Orbe and Boylorn, 2014, p. 15). Findings A truthful account to aid the understanding of the complexities faced in the lived experience of a white mother and her black daughter. Research limitations/implications This piece has no limitations, and contains far reaching implications for social work practice and research methods. Practical implications This piece is embedded in social education and can be used as a research tool for best practice in anti-racist, black feminist practice. Social implications Social implications include a potential impact on diverse communities, with relevance to community engagement, social work practice placements, and critical reflection, and also education of the young to help them understand their own journeys. Originality/value This is an original report of an evidence-based lived experience, integrating theory to practice.

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