Sweetwater: Black Women and Narratives of Resilience, Revised Edition (Black Studies and Critical Thinking)

Sweetwater: Black Women and Narratives of Resilience is a multi-generational story of growing up black and female in the rural south. At times heartbreaking, at times humorous, Sweetwater captures the artistry, strength, language and creativity shared by first-hand accounts of black women in small-town North Carolina during the twentieth century. The book uncovers the versatility and universality of black women's experiences and their exceptional capacity to love in the face of adversity, and hope in the midst of calamity. Sweetwate r is about the black female experience as it relates to friendship, family, spirituality, poverty, education, addiction, mental illness, romantic relationships, and everyday survival. The merging themes show the resilience and resistance that black women exhibit while negotiating the intersecting oppressions of racism, classism, and sexism. Written from field notes and memory, the author reveals the complexities of black women's lived experiences by exposing the communicative and interpersonal choices black women make through storytelling. Narrative inquiry and black feminism are offered as creative educational tools for discussing how and why black women's singular and interior lives are culturally and globally significant. This revised edition preserves the original narratives but features new content including re-views, re-visions and re-considerations for re-writing autoethnography. A Multi-generational Story Of Growing Up Black And Female In The Rural South. This Book Captures The Artistry, Strength, Hope, Sound, Language, And Creativity Shared By First-hand Accounts Of Black Women In A Familial Village Community In North Carolina. Sweetwater Is About The Black Female Experience As It Relates To Friendship, Family, Spirituality, Poverty, Education, Addiction, Mental Illness, Romantic Relationships, Raising Children, And Everyday Survival. Written From Field Notes And Memory, The Author Combines Narrative And Autoethnography To Weave Her Own Experiences As A Rural Black Girl Into The Story, Revealing The Complexities Of Black Women's Lived Experiences And Exposing The Communicative And Interpersonal Choices Black Women Make Through Storytelling. Narrative Inquiry And Black Feminism Are Offered As Creative Educational Tools For Discussing How And Why Black Women's Singular Interior Lives Are Culturally And Globally Significant--publisher Description. Author's Preface To Revised Edition: (re)telling / Robin M. Boylorn -- Foreword / H.l. (bud) Goodall, Jr. -- Prologue: Telling -- Introduction: The Call(ing) For A Rural Black Woman's Story -- List Of Main Characters -- Part One. (daily) Bread -- Window Poem: Business -- Window Poem: Patience -- Window Poem: Cake -- Window Poem: Moon Looks White -- Window Poem: Long And Hard -- Window Poem: Daddy -- Window Poem: Passin' -- Interlude: Porch Premonitions -- Part Two. (robin) Bird -- Window Poem: Fireflies -- Window Poem: Waiting To See -- Window Poem: It Hurt To Be Called Black -- Window Poem: Beauty Marks -- Window Poem: Love Me Tender -- Window Poem: I Feel Saved -- Window Poem: Poem For Mama's Father -- Conclusion: Why These Stories Matter -- Sweetwater Re/view(s): Book Reviews/book Forum Excerpts -- Sweetwater Re/vision(s): Author's Response To Reviews -- Appendix A: Method(ology) -- Appendix B: Sweetwater Summaries -- Epilogue: Bittersweet(water) : A Meta-autoethnography -- Postscript. Robin M. Boylorn. Includes Bibliographical References. Cover 1 Contents 13 Author’s Preface to the Revised Edition (Robin M. Boylorn) 15 Series Editor’s Preface (Mary E. Weems) 19 Foreword (H. L. (Bud) Goodall, Jr.) 23 Acknowledgments 29 Prologue: Telling 33 Introduction: The Call(ing) of A Rural Black Woman’s Story 37 List of Main Characters 59 Part I: (Daily) Bread 61 Chapter 1 65 Window Poem: “Business” 70 Chapter 2 71 Window Poem: “Patience” 76 Chapter 3 77 Window Poem: “Cake” 82 Chapter 4 83 Window Poem: “Moon Looks White” 90 Chapter 5 91 Window Poem: “Long and Hard” 96 Chapter 6 97 Window Poem: “Daddy” 101 Chapter 7 103 Window Poem: “Passin’” 108 Chapter 8 109 Interlude: Porch Premonitions 117 Part II: (Robin) Bird 121 Chapter 9 125 Window Poem: “Fireflies” 130 Chapter 10 131 Window Poem: “Waiting to See” 135 Chapter 11 137 Window Poem: “It Hurt To Be Called Black” 142 Chapter 12 143 Window Poem: “Beauty Marks” 150 Chapter 13 151 Window Poem: “Love Me Tender” 154 Chapter 14 155 Window Poem: “I Feel Saved” 160 Chapter 15 161 Window Poem: “Poem for Mama’s Father” 167 Chapter 16 169 Part III: (Bittersweet) Endings 173 Conclusion: Why Black Women’s Stories Matter 175 Sweetwater Re/View(s): Book Reviews/Book Forum Excerpts 179 Sweetwater Re/Vision(s): Author’s Response to Reviews 203 Appendix A: Method(ologies) How (And Why) I Collected Data 219 Appendix B: Sweetwater Summaries 229 Epilogue: BitterSweet(water): A Meta-Autoethnography 235 Postscript 239 Bibliography 241 Sweetwater: Black Women and Narratives of Resilience, Revised Edition is a multi-generational story of growing up black and female in the rural south. __Sweetwater: Black Women and Narratives of Resilience____Sweetwater____Sweetwate__