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- Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
- Series: John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
summary
Despite recent advances in the study of black thought, black women intellectuals remain often neglected. This collection of essays by fifteen scholars of history and literature establishes black women's places in intellectual history by engaging the work of writers, educators, activists, religious leaders, and social reformers in the United States, Africa, and the Caribbean. Dedicated to recovering the contributions of thinkers marginalized by both their race and their gender, these essays uncover the work of unconventional intellectuals, both formally educated and self-taught, and explore the broad community of ideas in which their work participated. The end result is a field-defining and innovative volume that addresses topics ranging from religion and slavery to the politicized and gendered reappraisal of the black female body in contemporary culture.
Contributors are Mia E. Bay, Judith Byfield, Alexandra Cornelius, Thadious Davis, Corinne T. Field, Arlette Frund, Kaiama L. Glover, Farah J. Griffin, Martha S. Jones, Natasha Lightfoot, Sherie Randolph, Barbara D. Savage, Jon Sensbach, Maboula Soumahoro, and Cheryl Wall.
Contributors are Mia E. Bay, Judith Byfield, Alexandra Cornelius, Thadious Davis, Corinne T. Field, Arlette Frund, Kaiama L. Glover, Farah J. Griffin, Martha S. Jones, Natasha Lightfoot, Sherie Randolph, Barbara D. Savage, Jon Sensbach, Maboula Soumahoro, and Cheryl Wall.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xii
- Part I: Diasporic Beginnings
- Part II: Race and Gender in the Postemancipation Era
- Part III: Redefining the Subject of Study
- Ann Petry’s Harlem
- pp. 129-144
- Daughter of Haiti: Marie Vieux Chauvet
- pp. 145-159
- Part IV: Intellectual Activism
- Part V: The Long View
- Contributors
- pp. 287-292
Additional Information
ISBN
9781469623108
Related ISBN(s)
9781469620916, 9781469620923, 9798890847140
MARC Record
OCLC
905784902
Pages
320
Launched on MUSE
2015-03-28
Language
English
Open Access
No