I Am Not a Prostitute”
How Young Black Women Challenge Street-based Micro-interactional Assaults
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10562102 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexis S Mccurn (California State University, Dominguez Hills, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 52-65 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-25 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0237 • E-ISSN: 2162-1128 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00380237.2016.1218216 |
| OpenAlex | W2533575168 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 34 |
Few scholars have examined the collective experiences of young African American women living in the inner city and their strategies for navigating daily life there. I draw on nearly two years of field research in Central East Oakland, CA, to provide an ethnographic account of the daily experiences of poor young black women in urban public space1. I uncover a particular and routine type of public encounter, street-based micro-interactional assaults, that follow a pattern and are shaped by an act or a threat of sexual violence. I also examine how poor black women feel about and negotiate these events while trying to maintain their own safety
Black women · Criminology · Ethnography · Field research · Inner city · Negotiation · Poison control · Sexual assault · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Sex work and related issues · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
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Getting Played
The Truly Disadvantaged
Tally's Corner
Street Corner Society
Between Good and Ghetto
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Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes
Black Sexual Politics
The Female Offender
Considering the Context of Women’s Violence
The Declining Significance of Race
Mapping the Margins
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| Citations per year | 0.88 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |