Enslaved women and the art of resistance in antebellum America /

Draws on mid-seventeenth to nineteenth-century slave narratives to describe oppression in the lives of enslaved African women. Investigates pre-colonial West and West Central African women's lives prior to European arrival to recover the cultural traditions and religious practices that helped e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harrison, Renee K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Black religion, womanist thought, social justice.
Temas:
Enslaved women > North America > Social conditions.
Enslaved women > Africa, West > Social conditions.
Women, Black > North America > Social conditions.
Slave narratives > North America > History and criticism.
Slave narratives > Africa, West > History and criticism.
Women, Black, in literature.
Femmes esclaves > Amérique du Nord > Conditions sociales.
Femmes esclaves > Afrique occidentale > Conditions sociales.
Femmes noires > Amérique du Nord > Conditions sociales.
Récits d'esclaves > Amérique du Nord > Histoire et critique.
Récits d'esclaves > Afrique occidentale > Histoire et critique.
Noires dans la littérature.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Race relations
Slave narratives
Women, Black, in literature
Women, Black > Social conditions
Enslaved women > Social conditions
Schwarze Frau
Ethnische Beziehungen
Sklaverei
North America > Race relations.
Amérique du Nord > Relations raciales.
West Africa
North America
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Draws on mid-seventeenth to nineteenth-century slave narratives to describe oppression in the lives of enslaved African women. Investigates pre-colonial West and West Central African women's lives prior to European arrival to recover the cultural traditions and religious practices that helped enslaved women combat violence and oppression.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 282 pages) : map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-263) and indexes.
ISBN:9780230100664
023010066X
128266445X
9781282664456
9781349381036
1349381039

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