{"product_id":"longing-to-tell","title":"Longing to Tell \/\/ Black Women Talk About Sexuality and Intimacy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 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. For fear that telling their stories will fulfill society's implicit expectations about their sexuality, most black women have retreated into silence. Tricia Rose seeks to break this silence and jump-start a dialogue by presenting, for the first time, the sexual testimonies of black women who span a broad range of ages, levels of education, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Both brilliantly conceived and sensitively executed, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLonging to Tell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is required reading for anyone interested in issues of race and gender.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTricia Rose\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a professor of American studies at the University of California at Santa Cruz. She is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. She lives in California.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Picador\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: April 01, 2004\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 432\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN\/UPC: 9780312423728\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 215.9 X 139.7 X 1.0 mm | 1.2 pounds\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Tricia Rose","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48866700820715,"sku":"9780312423728","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/9780312423728.jpg?v=1781387050","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/longing-to-tell","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}