Like One of The Family A new edition of Alice Childress’s classic novel about African American domestic workers, featuring a foreword by Roxane GayFirst published in Paul Robeson’s newspaper, Freedom, and composed of a series of conversations between Mildred, a black domestic, and her friend Marg
| Title | : | Like One of The Family |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.52 (674 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807050741 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-24 |
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A new edition of Alice Childress’s classic novel about African American domestic workers, featuring a foreword by Roxane GayFirst published in Paul Robeson’s newspaper, Freedom, and composed of a series of conversations between Mildred, a black domestic, and her friend Marge, Like One of the Family is a wry, incisive portrait of working women in Harlem in the 1950’s. Rippling with satire and humor, Mildred’s outspoken accounts vividly capture her white employers’ complacency and condescension—and their startled reactions to a maid who speaks her mind and refuses to exchange dignity for pay.Upon publication the book sparked a critique of working conditions, laying the groundwork for the contemporary domestic worker movement. Although she was critically praised, Childress’s uncompromising politics and unflinching depictions of racism, classism, and sexism relegated her to the fringe of American literature. Like One of the
Editorial : Recommended by Entertainment Weekly“A novel that proves that humor can be the deadliest of weaponsIf power were based on worth, Mildred would be running the nation, not cleaning someone else’s house.”—Women’s Review of Books
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