Reconstructing Womanhood: The Emergence of the Afro-American

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

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.
Country USA
Brand Oxford University Press
Manufacturer Oxford University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780195060713
Color Red
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780195060713
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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