Beschreibung:
This title presents conceptual, theoretical and applied research on women's life histories. The authors fulfill two needs: providing a collection of essays that grapple with controversial issues in the study of life history, and they present many narratives from women of color, the majority collected and interpreted by women of color.
Acknowledgments, Introduction, MOTHERS, FAMILY, AND SURVIVAL, 1. From a Lineage of Southern Women, 2. "You Don't Live Just For Yourselves", 3. More than a Mother, TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE, 4. "I Know Who I Am", 5. The Multiple and Transformatory Identities of Puerto Rican Women in the U.S., 6. "I Have a Frog in My Stomach", LANGUAGE, HISTORY, AND CULTURE, 7. "Tryin' to Make Ends Meet", 8. "Comrade Sisters", 9. From the Inside Out, INSIDERS AND OUTSIDERS, 10. Hands in the Chit'lins, 11. An Anthropological Approach to Cambodian Refugee Women, 12. Like Us But Not One of Us, Contributors, Index