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Reconstructing Womanhood: The Emergence of the Afro-American Woman Novelist
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Title: Reconstructing Womanhood: The Emergence of the Afro-American Woman Novelist
Author: Hazel V Carby
ISBN: 9780195060713
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1989
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition: Used: Near Fine
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Literary Criticism 1650373
Publisher Description:
A cultural history of the work of nineteenth-century black women writers, this volume traces the emergence of the novel as a forum for political and cultural reconstruction, examining the ways in which dominant sexual ideologies influenced the literary conventions of women's fiction, and reassessing the uses of fiction in American culture. Carby revises the history of the period of Jim Crow and Booker T. Washington, depicting a time of intense cultural and political activity by such black women writers as Ida B. Wells, Anna Julia Cooper, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, and Pauline Hopkins.
Author: Hazel V Carby
ISBN: 9780195060713
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1989
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition: Used: Near Fine
Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Literary Criticism 1650373
Publisher Description:
A cultural history of the work of nineteenth-century black women writers, this volume traces the emergence of the novel as a forum for political and cultural reconstruction, examining the ways in which dominant sexual ideologies influenced the literary conventions of women's fiction, and reassessing the uses of fiction in American culture. Carby revises the history of the period of Jim Crow and Booker T. Washington, depicting a time of intense cultural and political activity by such black women writers as Ida B. Wells, Anna Julia Cooper, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, and Pauline Hopkins.
