Sugar's life in the hood : the story of a former welfare mother /

Sugar's life in the hood : the story of a former welfare mother / Sugar Turner & Tracy Bachrach Ehlers.

This book is a fascinating story of two women from radically different backgrounds becoming equal witnesses to each other's lives. Sugar Turner describes all aspects of her life in the "hood" to the white anthropologist who is conducting research. All her life, Sugar Turner has had to...

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Main Author: Turner, Sugar, 1945-
Other Authors: Ehlers, Tracy Bachrach.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2002.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Turner, Sugar, > 1945-
Ehlers, Tracy Bachrach.
African American women > Interviews.
Ex-welfare recipients > United States > Interviews.
Low-income single mothers > United States > Interviews.
African American women > Social conditions > Case studies.
Inner cities > United States > Case studies.
Female friendship > United States > Case studies.
Women anthropologists > United States > Biography.
Women, White > United States > Biography.
Women's friendships.
Friendships.
Homosociality.

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Call Number: E185.97.T98 A3 2002
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