RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Intersectionality Matters: Black Women, Labor, and Households in Black Suburbia
JF RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
FD Russell Sage Foundation
SP 86
OP 103
DO 10.7758/RSF.2023.9.1.04
VO 9
IS 1
A1 Clergé, Orly
YR 2023
UL http://www.rsfjournal.org/content/9/1/86.abstract
AB The number of Black suburbs has expanded since the 1960s, however, research on gender and how Black women contribute to their formation is understudied. Grounded in an intersectional framework, this article places women at the center of the analysis of Black suburban life. Using a multisite ethnography conducted during the Great Recession, I make a case for a Black diasporic suburb model and analyze the labor and household practices Black women use to sustain their families’ suburban lives. This article generates new insights into the heterogeneity of and Black suburbs in general, and the dynamic culture and economies of Black suburban women, in particular. Thus it contributes to new thought in Black feminist geography and the sociology of suburbs.