Longing to Tell: Black Women Talk About Sexuality and Intimacy

In this revealing volume, Black women discuss their sexual lives, from coming-of-age and erotic adventures to AIDS, abuse, and interracial dating.

In a culture driven by sexual and racial imagery, very few honest conversations about race, gender, and sexuality actually take place. In their absence, commonly held perceptions of black women as teenage mothers, welfare recipients, mammies, or exotic sexual playthings remain unchanged. Rather than risk being stereotyped, most Black women have r...