The victim-bind dilemma of black female sociologists in academe |
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Authors: | Gloria Jones-Johnson |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Iowa State University, 50011 Ames, IA |
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Abstract: | In this article, the author argues that black female academicians, in particular sociologists, are in a “victim-bind,” which
indicates their paradoxical ambivalence and produces stereotypical perceptions. This article examines the purpose and functions
of stereotypic perceptions of black females in various phases of graduate school and early career development. It draws on
the limited literature as well as the experiences and observations of the author and points out how the political culture
and institutional structures of academic communities and departments shape images and career patterns of black women being
professionalized as sociologists and social scientists in general. It concludes that stereotypic perceptions of black females
are tied into the institutional systems of gender, race and power relations which represent in microcosm, the society at large.
Her research areas are social psychological consequence of underemployment, racial/gender differences in social comparison
processes, racial/gender inequality in academe, and racial/gender differences in perceptions of labor unions. |
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