A hairdresser's experience in high life /

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Here is the first fully annotated edition of a landmark in early African American literature, the 1859 autobiography of Eliza Potter, a freeborn black woman who, as a hairdresser, was in a unique position to hear about, receive confidences from, and observe wealthy white women. Xiomara Santamarina p...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Potter, Eliza
Other Authors: Santamarina, Xiomara
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Potter, Eliza. > Hairdresser's experience in high life.
Potter, Eliza.
Potter, Eliza
1783 - 1899
Women > United States > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Ohio > Cincinnati > Biography.
Beauty operators > Ohio > Cincinnati > Biography.
Femmes > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Noirs américains > Ohio > Cincinnati > Biographies.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African Americans
Beauty operators
Manners and customs
Women
United States > Social life and customs > 1783-1865.
Cincinnati (Ohio) > Biography.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 1783-1865.
Ohio > Cincinnati
United States
Cincinnati, Ohio
Electronic books.
Autobiography
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Autobiographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; A Note on the Text; INTRODUCTION; A Hairdresser's Experience in High Life; THE AUTHOR'S APPEAL; 1. My Debut; 2. England; 3. America; 4. Saratoga; 5. Leaving Saratoga
  • Burning of the Baggage Car
  • Visit to New York; 6. Newport
  • The Maid's Story; 7. Minnie; 8. Natchez
  • New Orleans; 9. Cincinnati; APPENDIX A: Biographical Information on Eliza Potter (1820?-1893); APPENDIX B: Newspaper Reviews of A Hairdresser's Experience in High Life; Notes.

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