Book Review: T. Beauboeuf-LaFontant Behind the Mask of the Strong Black Woman: Voice and the Embodiment of a Costly Performance Philadelphia,PA: Temple University Press,2009. 194 pp. $64.50 (hardbound),$23.95 (paper). ISBN: 978-1-59213-668-1

Hurston, N.Z. ( 1991). Their eyes were watching God. Champaign : University of Illinois Press (Original work published 1937).

Ladner, J.A. ( 1972). Tomorrow’s tomorrow: The black woman. Garden City, NY: Doubleday.