Reconstructing Womanhood : the Emergence of the Afro-American Woman Novelist.

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Covering the period between the 1850s and the turn of the century, this study of 19th century narratives depicts an era of intense cultural and political activity when Afro-American women first began to emerge as novelists.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Carby, Hazel V.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.
Subjects:
1800-1899
American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Feminist fiction, American > History and criticism.
African American women in literature.
Feminism and literature > United States.
Women and literature > United States.
African American women > Intellectual life.
Roman américain > Auteurs noirs américains > Histoire et critique.
Roman américain > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > États-Unis.
Noires américaines > Vie intellectuelle.
African American women in literature
African American women > Intellectual life
American fiction
American fiction > African American authors
American fiction > Women authors
Feminism and literature
Feminist fiction, American
Women and literature
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1 ""Woman's Era"": Rethinking Black Feminist Theory; 2 Slave and Mistress: Ideologies of Womanhood under Slavery; 3 ""Hear My Voice, Ye Careless Daughters"": Narratives of Slave and Free Women before Emancipation; 4 ""Of Lasting Service for the Race"": The Work of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper; 5 ""In the Quiet, Undisputed Dignity of My Womanhood"": Black Feminist Thought after Emancipation; 6 ""Of What Use Is Fiction?"": Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins; 7 ""All the Fire and Romance"": The Magazine Fiction of Pauline Hopkins.
  • 8 The Quicksands of Representation: Rethinking Black Cultural PoliticsNotes; Bibliography of Texts by Black Women Authors; General Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

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