Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman Jackie Sue Griffin ISBN13: 9798559986906

ISBN13: 9798559986906

An engrossing drama

and an array of scandal-tarred clients

Published: 09/19/2005

Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman Jackie Sue Griffin ISBN13: 9798559986906Originally published in 1978, Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman caused a storm of controversy. Michele Wallace blasted the masculine biases of the black politics that emerged from the sixties. She described how women remained marginalized by the patriarchal culture of Black Power, demonstrating the ways in which a genuine female subjectivity was blocked by the traditional myths of black womanhood. With a foreword that examines the debate the