Neckbones and Sauerfowches: From Fractured Childhood in the Ghetto to Constantly Changing Womanhood in the World

A collection of five memoiristic essays arranged about themes of family, womanhood and the African-American community with a preface. Among the experiences the memoirs recount are childhood abandonment; verbal and emotional child abuse; mental illness; poverty; and social and personal change. Essays explore the lasting impact of abandonment by a father on a girl as she grows into a woman; the devastation of family turmoil and untreated mental illness; generational identity in the African-American community. One essay describes the transition from the identity-forming profession of journalism to academia. The last essay is about complicated and conflicting emotions toward patriotism and flag-waving on the part of a black woman who has lived through riots, little known police shootings of students on black campuses, and many other incidents that have divided Americans.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2002

Author dc:creator

• Smith, Starita

Contributors dc:contributor

• Rodman, Barbara
• Souris, Stephen
• Marks, Corey

• African American families.
• African American women.
• Essays.
• memoir
• African-Americans
• women
• mental illness
• verbal abuse
• parental abandonment
• public housing
• campus shootings

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Smith, Starita
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 54857541
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3113/
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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