{"product_id":"9780063246645","title":"Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays \u0026 Writings","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eJeffers, Honoree Fanonne\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHarper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the National Book Critics Circle award for Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling, National Book Award-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eThe Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Phillis\u003c\/i\u003e makes her nonfiction debut with this personal and thought-provoking work that explores the journeys and possibilities of Black women throughout American history and in contemporary times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHonorée Fanonne Jeffers is at a crossroads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTraditional African\/Black American cultures present the crossroads as a place of simultaneous difficulty and possibility. In contemporary times, Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the phrase “intersectionality” to explain the unique position of Black women in America. In many ways, they are at a third crossroads: attempting to fit into notions of femininity and respectability primarily assigned to White women, while inventing improvisational strategies to combat oppression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMisbehaving at the Crossroads\u003c\/i\u003e, Jeffers explores the emotional and historical tensions in Black women’s public lives and her own private life. She charts voyages of Black girlhood to womanhood and the currents buffeting these journeys, including the difficulties of racially gendered oppression, the challenges of documenting Black women’s ancestry; the adultification of Black girls; the irony of Black female respectability politics; the origins of Womanism\/Black feminism; and resistance to White supremacy and patriarchy. As Jeffers shows with empathy and wisdom, naming difficult historical truths represents both Blues and transcendence, a crossroads that speaks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNecessary and sharply observed, provocative and humane, and full of the insight and brilliance that has characterized her poetry and fiction, \u003ci\u003eMisbehaving at the Crossroads\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates the life of one extraordinary Black woman—and her extraordinary foremothers.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47345042161919,"sku":"9780063246645","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780063246645_s600x595.jpg?v=1780331825","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780063246645","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}