Belabored professions : narratives of African American working womanhood /

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According to nineteenth-century racial uplift ideology, African American women served their race best as reformers and activists, or as "doers of the word." This book examines the autobiographies of four women who diverged from that ideal and defended the legitimacy of their self-supportin...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Santamarina, Xiomara
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2005.
Temas:
1800-1899
Geschichte 1850-1868
American prose literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
American prose literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
American prose literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Women and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
African American women > Biography > History and criticism.
African American women > Intellectual life > 19th century.
African American women in the professions > History.
African American women > Employment > History.
Narration (Rhetoric) > History > 19th century.
Autobiography > African American authors.
African American women in literature.
Autobiography > Women authors.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Prose américaine > Auteurs noirs américains > Histoire et critique.
Prose américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Noires américaines > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Noires américaines > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siècle.
Noires américaines dans les professions libérales > Histoire.
Noires américaines > Travail > Histoire.
Narration > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Autobiographie > Auteurs noirs américains.
Noires américaines dans la littérature.
Écrits de femmes autobiographiques.
Écrits de femmes américains > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature > Women authors
African American women > Biography
African American women > Employment
African American women in literature
African American women in the professions
African American women > Intellectual life
American prose literature
American prose literature > African American authors
American prose literature > Women authors
Autobiography > African American authors
Autobiography > Women authors
Narration (Rhetoric)
Women and literature
Schwarze Frau
Autobiografie
Arbeit > Motiv
United States
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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  • Enterprising women and the labors of femininity : Eliza Potter, Cincinnati hairdresser
  • Behind the scenes of Black labor : Elizabeth Keckley and the scandal of publicity.

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