Gender, race, and space: A qualitative exploration of young Black women's perceptions of urban neighborhoods.
How people think and feel about their neighborhood impacts the way they think of themselves and their futures. These linkages are especially important to understand in the case of urban‐residing young Black women. Researchers know very little about what contributes to young Black adults' urban neigh...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Community Psychology Vol. 74; no. 1/2; pp. 152 - 169 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Sep2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=180657320&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 180657320 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00910562 CMP jtl: American Journal of Community Psychology issn: 00910562 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2024 vid: 74 iid: 1/2 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell artinfo: ui: 180657320 10.1002/ajcp.12752 ppf: 152 ppct: 17 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.6MB tig: atl: Gender, race, and space: A qualitative exploration of young Black women's perceptions of urban neighborhoods. aug: au: Fike, Kayla J. Mattis, Jacqueline S. affil: Department of Human and Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville Tennessee,, USA Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick New Jersey,, USA su: Young women Black people Social history Black women Group identity sug: subj: Young women Black people Social history Black women Group identity keyword: Black Geographies intersectionality neighborhoods urban environments young Black women Black Geographies intersectionality neighborhoods urban environments young Black women ab: How people think and feel about their neighborhood impacts the way they think of themselves and their futures. These linkages are especially important to understand in the case of urban‐residing young Black women. Researchers know very little about what contributes to young Black adults' urban neighborhood perceptions and often rely on "expert" definitions of markers of neighborhood quality. These definitions and subsequent explorations of residents' neighborhood assessment have not adequately considered intersecting oppressive systems that structure urban spaces both physically and socially. Further, within‐group diversity of young Black adults based on other social identities, such as gender and class, has gone underexplored in research on residents' neighborhood assessment. We used theory from Black feminist geography and sociology to guide our thematic analysis of interviews with young Black women (N = 9) regarding their urban neighborhood quality. We sought to explore the aspects or features of the neighborhood that young Black women discussed and how social identities may play a role in young Black women's descriptions of their urban neighborhoods. We argue three themes tell an overarching story of young Black women's urban spatial critical analysis: (1) outsiders' perceptions versus our realities, (2) gendered safety, and (3) visibility of young Black women. Young Black women's narratives highlighted communal aspects of neighborhood evaluation and attention to dominant narratives regarding marginalized groups and urban spaces. Highlights: Young Black women may have unique perspectives and experiences of urban space due to social identity.We locate young Black women's discussion of urban space within intersecting oppressive histories.We present themes about social identity, outsider perspectives, and visibility.Participants critiqued social institutions and illustrated resistance to hegemonic perspectives.Urban neighborhood research should attend to gender, social histories, and residents' experiences. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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