Race, Sex and Self: Aspects of Bildung in Select Novels by Black American Women Novelists

MELUS ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sondra O'Neale
Keyword(s):  
Black American ◽  
American Women ◽  
Women Novelists ◽  
Black American Women

Black Beauty: Womanist Consciousness as a Protective Factor in Black Women’s Body Image Satisfaction

2021 ◽  
pp. 009579842110349
Author(s):  
Speshál Walker Gautier
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Body Satisfaction ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Skin Tone ◽  
Black American ◽  
Body Type ◽  
Body Image Satisfaction ◽  
American Women ◽  
Black American Women

Black American women are exposed to mainstream beauty standards, which may have implications for body image satisfaction. Given that beauty standards are often based on idealized depictions of White women’s physical features, scholars have called for body image research that extends beyond body type/weight (e.g., skin tone/hair) to better examine the experiences of Black women. In examining body image satisfaction and protective factors (e.g., ethnic identity), empirical research has yet to attend to these experiences at the intersection of race/ethnicity and gender. The current study used an online survey to examine whether womanist consciousness (WC) was a protective factor for Black American women ( N = 211). Findings indicated that after controlling for ethnic identity, higher womanist consciousness significantly predicted higher body satisfaction with historically racially defined features (e.g., skin tone/hair) and lower self-ideal discrepancy. Darker skin tone was linked to higher body importance and higher ethnic identity level. Last, increased frequency of wearing hair weaves was associated with lower body satisfaction while more frequently wearing Afrocentric hair styles/textures was associated with higher body satisfaction.

African American Women, Racism and Triple Oppression

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-117
Author(s):  
Rajendra Prasad Chapagain
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Black Men ◽  
Black Males ◽  
White Women ◽  
Black American ◽  
American Women ◽  
Black American Women ◽  
Sexual Repression

African American women have been made multiple victims: racial discrimination by the white community and sexual repression by black males of their own community. They have been subjected to both kind of discrimination - racism and sexism. It is common experience of black American women. Black American women do have their own peculiar world and experiences unlike any white or black men and white women. They have to fight not only against white patriarchy and white women's racism but also against sexism of black men within their own race. To be black and female is to suffer from the triple oppression- sexism, racism and classicism.

scholarly journals The Influence of Race-Related Stress on Eating Pathology: The Mediating Role of Depression and Moderating Role of Cultural Worldview Among Black American Women

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 571-598
Author(s):  
Temilola K. Salami ◽  
Sierra E. Carter ◽  
Blaine Cordova ◽  
Kelci C. Flowers ◽  
Rheeda L. Walker
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Eating Pathology ◽  
Black American ◽  
American Women ◽  
Cultural Worldview ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Black American Women ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
Race Related Stress

The current study aimed to advance the eating pathology literature through investigating the association between a salient stressor for Black American women (race-related stress) and eating pathology, while also examining the potential mediating role of depressive symptoms on this association. In addition, the study aimed to examine the potential protective role of cultural worldview in this model. A community sample of 119 Black women between the ages of 18 and 60 years ( M = 36.34, SD = 12.51) were recruited for the study. Results supported a significant indirect effect of race-related stress on eating pathology through depressive symptoms. Moderated mediation analyses revealed a conditional effect of depression at various levels of worldview. Contrary to our hypotheses, participants with a more collectivistic and spiritual worldview often engaged in more eating pathology as a result of self-reported depressive symptoms stemming from experiences of race-related stress. Implications and future directions are discussed.

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