The Feminization of Racism: Promoting World Peace in America

by Irene I. Blea

Overview

Blea provides a synthesis of the women's history of Native Americans, Asians, African Americans, and Latinas, and she examines the similarities and differences among these women. From each she extracts suggestions on ways to promote racial and ethnic tolerance.

After examining the backgrounds and experiences of female radicals, Blea looks at indigenous or Native American women and the impact of European colonization and domination. Subsequent chapters examine African American women, Asian and Pacific Island women, and ways the experiences of these groups can help devise an approach to healing from intolerance. Of particular interest to students and other researchers involved with women and ethnic studies, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and social welfare issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275963750
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/28/2003
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

IRENE I. BLEA is the former Chairperson of the Chicano Studies Department, California State University, Los Angeles. A leading scholar in the field, Professor Blea published four earlier volumes with Praeger, Toward a Chicano Social Science (1988), La Chicana and the Intersection of Race, Class, and Gender (1991), Researching Chicano Communities (1995), and U.S. Chicanas and Latinas Within a Global Context (1997).

Table of Contents

Introduction
Female Radicals
Indigenous Women and the American Holocaust
Chicanas and Immigrant Latinas Inherit and Internalize Colonialism
African American Women
Asian and Pacific Island Women
Healing from Intolerance and Redefining Direction
Selected Bibliography
Index