Michele Tracy Berger
Biographic Data
| ID | 3856404 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michele Tracy Berger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michele Tracy |
| FAMILY NAME | Berger |
| SIGNATURE | BERGER M T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Coining Intersectional Stigma
Black Women's Health
"Black Women's Health" published on by NYU Press.
Neither Villain nor Victim
Female drug addicts are often stereotyped either as promiscuous, lazy, and selfish, or as weak, scared, and trapped into addiction. These depictions typify the "pathology and powerlessness" narrative that has historically characterized popular and academic conversations about female substance abusers. Neither Villain Nor Victim attempts to correct these polarizing perspectives by presenting a critical feminist analysis of the drug world. By shift…
An intersectional approach to the menthol cigarette problem
Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Tobacco industry reports document the systematic targeting of menthol cigarettes in Black communities, and 84.6% of all Black smokers use menthol cigarettes. Despite evidence that menthol cigarettes are more addictive and harmful, Congress chose not to ban the sales of menthol cigarettes, despite banning all other flavored cigarettes in the 2009 Family Smoking Preven…
Call to Action
Research Article| March 01 2018 Call to Action Michele Tracy Berger Michele Tracy Berger Michele Tracy Berger is Associate Professor in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Director of the Faculty Fellows Program at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Institute for the Arts and Humanities. Her books include Workable Sisterhood: The Political Journey of Stigmatized Women with HIV/AIDS (Princeton University…
Multiracial Feminism
Women of color have always actively participated in women's issues. However, their experience with feminist work has often been overlooked and largely undocumented. Multiracial feminism refers to the activist and scholarly work conducted by women of color and antiracist white allies to promote race, class, and gender equality. In comparison to the highly documented second wave white, middle‐class feminism, which centered on abolishing patriarchy …
Workable Sisterhood
Workable Sisterhood is an empirical look at sixteen HIV-positive women who have a history of drug use, conflict with the law, or a history of working in the sex trade. What makes their experience with the HIV/AIDS virus and their political participation different from their counterparts of people with HIV? Michele Tracy Berger argues that it is the influence of a phenomenon she labels "intersectional stigma," a complex process by which women of c…
The Intersectional Approach
Race, class, and gender: prospects for an all-inclusive sisterhood / Bonnie Thornton Dill -- Intersectionality and politics / Nira Yuval-Davis -- A conversation with founding scholars of intersectionality: Kimberle Crenshaw, Nira Yuval-Davis, and Michelle Fine / Kathleen Guidroz, Michele Tracy Berger -- From intersections to interconnections: lessons for transformation from This bridge called my back: radical writings by women of color / Analouis…
Coming Out of the Shadows
Workable Sisterhood
Workable Sisterhood is an empirical look at sixteen HIV-positive women who have a history of drug use, conflict with the law, or a history of working in the sex trade. What makes their experience with the HIV/AIDS virus and their political participation different from their counterparts of people with HIV? Michele Tracy Berger argues that it is the influence of a phenomenon she labels "intersectional stigma," a complex process by which women of c…
Coining Intersectional Stigma
Coming Out of the Shadows
Workable Sisterhood
Workable Sisterhood is an empirical look at sixteen HIV-positive women who have a history of drug use, conflict with the law, or a history of working in the sex trade. What makes their experience with the HIV/AIDS virus and their political participation different from their counterparts of people with HIV? Michele Tracy Berger argues that it is the influence of a phenomenon she labels "intersectional stigma," a complex process by which women of c…
The Intersectional Approach
Race, class, and gender: prospects for an all-inclusive sisterhood / Bonnie Thornton Dill -- Intersectionality and politics / Nira Yuval-Davis -- A conversation with founding scholars of intersectionality: Kimberle Crenshaw, Nira Yuval-Davis, and Michelle Fine / Kathleen Guidroz, Michele Tracy Berger -- From intersections to interconnections: lessons for transformation from This bridge called my back: radical writings by women of color / Analouis…
Multiracial Feminism
Women of color have always actively participated in women's issues. However, their experience with feminist work has often been overlooked and largely undocumented. Multiracial feminism refers to the activist and scholarly work conducted by women of color and antiracist white allies to promote race, class, and gender equality. In comparison to the highly documented second wave white, middle‐class feminism, which centered on abolishing patriarchy …
An intersectional approach to the menthol cigarette problem
Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Tobacco industry reports document the systematic targeting of menthol cigarettes in Black communities, and 84.6% of all Black smokers use menthol cigarettes. Despite evidence that menthol cigarettes are more addictive and harmful, Congress chose not to ban the sales of menthol cigarettes, despite banning all other flavored cigarettes in the 2009 Family Smoking Preven…
Call to Action
Research Article| March 01 2018 Call to Action Michele Tracy Berger Michele Tracy Berger Michele Tracy Berger is Associate Professor in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Director of the Faculty Fellows Program at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Institute for the Arts and Humanities. Her books include Workable Sisterhood: The Political Journey of Stigmatized Women with HIV/AIDS (Princeton University…
Neither Villain nor Victim
Female drug addicts are often stereotyped either as promiscuous, lazy, and selfish, or as weak, scared, and trapped into addiction. These depictions typify the "pathology and powerlessness" narrative that has historically characterized popular and academic conversations about female substance abusers. Neither Villain Nor Victim attempts to correct these polarizing perspectives by presenting a critical feminist analysis of the drug world. By shift…
Black Women's Health
"Black Women's Health" published on by NYU Press.
Coining Intersectional Stigma
Gender Studies (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Political science (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Women (3 works) · Feminism (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)