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The contributors-all women of color-present their varied experiences regarding the conceptualizations of womanhood, beauty, and gender roles. What the Village Gave Me touches upon careers, relationships, ethnic identity, and cultural representation. This collection will help readres see how race, class, and ethnicity work to divide or unite women.

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The contributors-all women of color-present their varied experiences regarding the conceptualizations of womanhood, beauty, and gender roles. What the Village Gave Me touches upon careers, relationships, ethnic identity, and cultural representation. This collection will help readres see how race, class, and ethnicity work to divide or unite women.
Autorenporträt
Denise Davis-Maye, PhD, is a licensed clinical social worker. An alumna of Clark Atlanta University with over twenty-three years of social work practice experience, Davis-Maye is currently an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Auburn University at Montgomery. Her research interests include the cultural, community, and familial impact on the emotional development of adolescent girls of African descent and the well-being, contributions, and roles of women of color. Annice Dale Yarber, PhD, is an associate professor of sociology at Auburn University at Montgomery. After serving twenty years as a social worker in the areas of substance abuse counseling and administration, she earned a PhD in medical sociology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a master's degree in social work from the University of Alabama. Her research interests include family, gender, and health. Dale Yarber co-edited Focus on Single Parent Families: Past, Present, and Future. Tonya E. Perry, PhD, is a professor of social work at Alabama A & M University. She has more than twenty years of graduate teaching experience and is a former Johns Hopkins International AIDS Research Fellow and Fulbright-Hays Scholar. Perry's research interests include socio-cultural issues related to the impact of HIV/AIDS, the health conditions of women of African ancestry, and the impact of development upon the status of women.