Reconstructing Womanhood : The Emergence of the Afro-American Woman Novelist: The Emergence of the Afro-American Woman NovelistCovering 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. |
Contents
Womans Era | 3 |
Slave and Mistress | 20 |
Hear My Voice Ye Careless Daughters | 40 |
Of Lasting Service for the Race | 62 |
In the Quiet Undisputed Dignity | 95 |
Of What Use Is Fiction? | 121 |
All the Fire and Romance | 145 |
The Quicksands of Representation | 163 |
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| Title | Reconstructing Womanhood : The Emergence of the Afro-American Woman Novelist: The Emergence of the Afro-American Woman Novelist |
| Author | Hazel V. Carby Professor of English and Afro-American Studies Yale University |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA, 1987 |
| ISBN | 0199729166, 9780199729166 |
| Length | 240 pages |
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