Strong Black Women

African American Women with Disabilities, Intersecting Identities, and Inequality

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2368114
AutoresAngel Love Miles (University of Illinois Chicago, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen33
Número1
Páginas41-63
Fecha de publicación2019-02-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGender & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0891-2432 • E-ISSN: 1552-3977
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0891243218814820
OpenAlexW2907094335
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas13

In a mixed-methods study of the barriers and facilitators to homeownership for African American women with physical disabilities, self-concept emerged among the primary themes. This article discusses how participants in the study perceived themselves and negotiated how they were perceived by others as multiply marginalized women. Using what I call a feminist intersectional disability framework, I suggest that participants' relationships to care strongly contributed to their self-concept. The 'Strong Black Woman' trope and associated expectations had cultural and material relevance for how they interpreted themselves and were interpreted by others as receivers, managers, and providers of care. The material reality of owning or not owning a home did not reveal significant differences in the self-concepts of homeowners versus nonhomeowners. Rather, it was through conversations about homeownership that this data around self-concept in relationship to care was revealed

African american · Black women · Inequality · Intersectionality · Political science · Sociology · Disability Rights and Representation · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Gender Studies · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Psychology · Social Psychology

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