A Portrait of Marginality

A Portrait of Marginality is a 1977 book edited by

African American women in politics

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Reception

The book was met by a positive reception. A review in Contemporary Sociology concluded that the book "provides a needed addition to the growing literature on the political woman."^[1]

Western Political Quarterly wrote that the volume "will stand as a milestone in marking the shift from description and prescription to empirical explanation and theoretical development." Kincaid added that the section on African American women" succeeds in vividly challenging the easy subsumption of "black women" into "all women" as a political behavior group."^[2]

Jane S. Jaquette of Occidental College calls the book a "welcome addition to the sparse literature of the field," concluding that it is an "essential anthology."^[3]

The volume was reviewed in Social Work, Canadian Journal of Political Science, and Polity.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

JSTOR 2065104
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JSTOR 447241
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S2CID 148473874
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JSTOR 3230143
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S2CID 211177861
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JSTOR 23713849
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External links

A Portrait of Marginality in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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[1] JSTOR 2065104
.

[2] JSTOR 447241
.

[3] S2CID 148473874
.

[4] JSTOR 3230143
.

[5] S2CID 211177861
.

[6] JSTOR 23713849
.

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