Conway-Turner K
Department of Individual and Family Studies, University of Delaware, USA.
J Women Aging. 1999;11(2-3):115-30. doi: 10.1300/J074v11n02_09.
This paper examines the lives of older U.S. women of color who represent racial and ethnic heritages that have a history of unequal access to sources of economic and political power in this country. These women exemplify women with vastly different cultural traditions, but are similar in that they face discrimination as women of color. The combined impact of age, gender, and racial and ethnic background is neglected within our discussions of older women. This paper contributes to our understanding of older women of color by examining the personal, familial, and community aspects of the lives of older women of color. This exploration challenges feminist gerontologists to bring the discussion of this intersection to the center as we explore and seek to comprehend the reality of older women's lives. This scrutiny creates a space for the discussion of both the threats faced by women of color in their unique juncture as old, female, and of color as well as an illumination of the strengths manifested by these women. Further the need to embrace a feminist gerontological framework when practitioners work with these populations is addressed.
本文研究了美国老年有色人种女性的生活，她们代表着不同的种族和族裔传承，而这些种族和族裔在美国历史上一直面临着获取经济和政治权力资源不平等的问题。这些女性体现了文化传统大相径庭的女性，但她们的相似之处在于，作为有色人种女性，她们都面临着歧视。在我们对老年女性的讨论中，年龄、性别以及种族和族裔背景的综合影响被忽视了。本文通过研究老年有色人种女性生活中的个人、家庭和社区层面，有助于我们理解这一群体。这种探索促使女性主义老年学家在我们探索并试图理解老年女性生活现实时，将对这一交叉领域的讨论置于中心位置。这种审视为讨论有色人种女性在作为老年、女性且有色人种这一独特阶段所面临的威胁，以及展现这些女性的优势创造了空间。此外，还探讨了从业者在与这些人群打交道时采用女性主义老年学框架的必要性。
