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https://doi.org/10.15378/1848-9540.2016.39.05
Women’s Narratives of Racialized and Gendered Space in Austin, Texas
Martha Norkunas
; History Department, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, USA
Abstract
This article examines African American women’s movement in racialized and gendered space in Austin, Texas in the mid twentieth century, reflecting on the relationship between race, gender, power and space. It draws on oral history interviews with African American women to consider how they negotiated the racialized and gendered geography of the city as well as the microspaces – especially downtown clothing stores – that were racialized and gendered in particular ways.
Keywords
racialized space; gendered space; race; gender; geography; narrative; Austin
Hrčak ID:
171004
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Publication date:
21.12.2016.
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