Further To Fly: Black Women and the Politics of Empowerment

Contents

Preface ix Introduction xv 1. Toward an Authentic Feminism 1 2. Uses and Limits of Black Feminist Theory and the Decline of Black Women’s Empowerment 11 3. Gender and Community: The Power of Transcendence 25 4. The Crisis of Black Womanhood 39 5. The Economic Context of Black Women’s Activism 55 6. The Particulars of Un-Negation 69 7. Feminist Leadership for the New Century 81 8. Feminism, Black Women, and the Politics of Empowerment 95 Epilogue: Suffer but Never Silently 103 Notes 105 Selected Bibliography 111 Index 117 Contents This page intentionally left blank ...