Freedom Narratives of African American Women: A Study of 19th Century Writings

Stories of liberation from enslavement or oppression have become central to African American women's literature. Beginning with a discussion of black women freedom narratives as a literary genre, the author argues that these texts represent a discourse on civil rights that emerged earlier than the ideas of racial uplift that culminated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. An examination of the collective free identity of black women and their relationships to the community focuses on education, individual progress, marriage and family, labor, intellectual commitments and community rebuilding projects.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Lewis, Janaka Bowman
Published: 12/07/2017
Publisher: McFarland & Company
ISBN: 9781476667782
Pages: 182
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.30d