Behind the Mask of the Strong Black Woman: Voice and the Embodiment of a Costly Performance

Praise for Behind the Mask of the Strong Black Woman: Voice and the Embodiment of a Costly Performance

“Behind the Mask of the Strong Black Woman makes an important contribution to the literature. No other work systematically studies the ways black women internalize and resist strong black woman discourse. Beauboeuf-Lafontant convincingly argues that investment in the strong black woman myth injures black women and strengthens the racist divisions between women.”—Maxine Craig, author of Ain’t I a Beauty Queen?: Black Women, Beauty, and the Politics of Race